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 Canadians are tapped out, and this is the result. Homelessness 🚨🚨🚨

Variable rate mortgages (common in Canada) are adjusting to new higher rates. Landlords are being forced to raise rents to cover their debts.

Incomes are not keeping up, pricing many Canadians out of housing or consuming a huge portion of their income.

That along with food inflation has many Canadians living on the edge.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7x7LC-W0AAxhWZ.jpg 
 The really crazy part is, the Biden Administration has been selling all of the materials purchased by the Trump Administration to build walls.

Biden disposed of something like $300 million worth of wall materials the government already owned. If I recall, the US government received less than $5 million for it. 

Now the US government will have to repurchase all of those wall materials at full price, probably even more expensive with inflation since 2020.

https://bird.makeup/@therabbithole84/1710290030973878673 
 New illegal migrants in New York City allegedly starting unlicensed and untaxed food businesses, hurting the legal food businesses which are following the regulations of the city.

🔊 … 😡

If you import millions of illegal cheap workers, they are going to drive down the wages and income of people living here already.🚨🚨🚨

NYC voted for this. Oh well.

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1709621076118892544/vid/avc1/720x388/03XcLc3EpMpSKBT7.mp4?tag=14 
 This guy walking around Costco shares examples of food inflation that are WAY higher than the numbers reported for food inflation by the government.

🔊 ... 😡

Overall, many people know intuitively that food inflation is way higher than the official number of 4.3% from August 2022 thru August 2023. This video shows some of the examples he is seeing.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1709599895907082240/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/uYnkxhD0fEtrK43o.mp4?tag=12 
 Taxpayer-paid statisticians quietly admit the Biden economy sucks.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis revised down the past 3 years of data. Now they say inflation was higher, growth was worse, and consumer spending is at a crawl while government spending gallops. Now that media’s not paying attention, they quietly bumped up Trump’s numbers, and bumped down Biden’s.

At some point we’re China. Where everybody knows the numbers are fake. As always, believe what you see, not what they say.

https://bird.makeup/@profstonge/1709187945356222746 
 This company is developing a 3D printed steak to be shipped around the world as an alternative to traditional meat. 

Is there really any demand for this? Real meat eaters are not interested. Are vegans or vegetarians seeking fake meat to pretend they are eating meat? I doubt it. 🚨🚨🚨

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1708968447722278912/vid/avc1/460x258/VVz8uxy-i7QZfmDb.mp4?tag=14 
 Photorealistic image of George Washington if he lived in the present day.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7aW8yvXsAA8VvH.png 
 Don’t you wish we had more representatives that would stand up and demand change like this?

🔊 … 🚨🚨🚨

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1708717664367960065/vid/avc1/480x354/iF6dVGY7qom9a10C.mp4?tag=14 
 A lot of people in the comments are upset. But these wild hogs are out of control in Texas. They are not a native species. They cause an incredible amount of damage to ranchers and farmers. 

Tourists actually pay to go on trips like this to help reduce the population. It is something that just has to be done to keep the population under control.

https://bird.makeup/@stillgray/1708484601801523586 
 "There's a reason education is lousy, and it's the same reason that it will never be fixed"

🔊 …  George Carlin 🔥🔥🔥

"It's never going to get any better. Don't look for it. Be happy with what you have"

"Because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners  now"

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1707928695304790016/vid/avc1/720x846/Rq8uEmgugMaA7p-X.mp4?tag=14 
 🔊… 🚨🚨🚨

"The American people are the only people who are told, go work super hard, and we are going to take half of your money. And when we take half of your money, we are going to send it overseas."

"Have you ever noticed that none of the citizens on the planet work so we can have a better here in America? Why are we financing the well being of every other country on this planet?"

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1703257850225573888/vid/avc1/720x1280/Z7HJFxHiGmDgMCrY.mp4?tag=14 
 Hundreds of Indian farmers have been using Pepsi & Coca-Cola to spray their crops as it’s 10 times cheaper than buying pesticides and keeps the crops bug free.

🔊

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1701824119866630144/pu/vid/avc1/534x360/Tof9ojCwPvPYQgCE.mp4?tag=12 
 Woody Harrelson discussing the ridiculous position of the The United States 
⚠️⚠️⚠️  🔊

Our own country has launched conflicts globally for decades. Is our government really in any position to criticize another country for doing the exact same thing?

The question we need to ask ourselves is, why is it ok only when we do it?

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1701676624716967936/vid/avc1/720x1178/LTKgwxpTskkCpkVI.mp4?tag=14 
 Why plant based meat is NOT the future.

- Joe Rogan 🚨🚨🚨 🔊 … sound

“It's really bad for you, not only because it's monocrop agriculture, which is terrible for the land, but also because it's terrible for living creatures.”

And it tastes lousy also. Who is the target market for plant based meat? It isn’t meat eaters, we are not interested. Are there really that many vegans who want to pretend to eat meat? There is not market demand for plant based “meat.”

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1701298165809328128/vid/avc1/576x1024/RWmUQSm0VyRYCUOC.mp4?tag=14 
 Companies are using AI to track their employees, and people are "phreaking out."

Here's an example of the technology being used in a coffee shop. You can see how many cups the employees made.

At the end of the video, it shows AI tracking people at work and making sure they have a face mask 🚨🚨🚨

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1700256801160110080/vid/avc1/720x868/b_iUi5UldIP0SPPC.mp4?tag=14