I Didn’t Survive War to Watch America Get Looted

I remember getting an X-ray at NYU and paying $200 cash. If I had billed insurance, the bill would have been $2,000! This isn’t healthcare. It’s a hostage negotiation with your own family’s well-being. The Scam Formerly Known as Higher Education Student loans were supposed to be your ticket out of poverty. Instead, they’re shackles. You get out of college with a degree and hundreds of thousands in debt that’ll haunt you harder than an ex who joined a pyramid scheme. Europe? It’s free if you have decent grades, and affordable ($1-3k a year) if you don’t. Meanwhile, universities are building lazy rivers and ten-story gyms while graduates are working for DoorDash with master’s degrees. You didn’t go to school to change the world; you went to subsidize a bloated academic Ponzi scheme. States on Life Support The federal government’s motto is “Good luck out there.” States are being left to fend for themselves, juggling underfunded schools, exploding homelessness, and infrastructure that looks like it was designed by a drunk Minecraft player. Potholes are now permanent residents. Emergency services are stretched thinner than the plot of a Fast & Furious sequel. Teachers are quitting, cops are burnt out, and nobody knows where the tax money actually goes. The Trust Is Gone — And It’s Not Coming Back The economic contract between America and its citizens has been destroyed by career politicians who serve their own interests, not their constituents. How do we fix it? 1. Debt Forgiveness for Real People — Not Corporations. Wipe the slate for student borrowers and medical debt. Start there. Let humans breathe. 2. Universal Healthcare That Doesn’t Suck. If Canada can do it, so can we. We just need fewer lobbyists and more spine in Congress. 3. Flat Tax. No loopholes. No offshore gymnastics. Just a clean, flat 10% tax on everybody — from the gas station clerk to the billionaire tech bro flying strippers to space in a carbon-fueled rocket. Do you make money? You pay 10%. Period. 4. Economic National Service. Want your loans forgiven or tax breaks? Serve your country — military, disaster relief, civil engineering, nursing — put skin in the game. Final Word   This isn’t about left or right. It’s about survival. We’re bleeding trust, dignity, and stability at every economic artery. And while the elites laugh from their bunkers in Aspen, most Americans are eating financial shrapnel with every paycheck. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Share this and comment if you’re sick of playing by rules written for someone else’s game. Time to break the machine. Together.