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Poll Finds More Germans Fear Climate Change Than Terrorism

For a time back in 2015, there were widespread concerns that the spike in terrorist attacks in Germany in the aftermath of Angela Merkel's open door policy which admitted 1 million refugees in Germany from the middle east would lead to a popular wave of unrest, perhaps culminating with the unseating of Angela Merkel as Chancellor. It now appears that the Germans had more pressing concerns on their mind like... global warming.

Trump Axes Obama's MyRA Retirement Accounts After $70mm Of Taxpayer Funds Wasted

Trump Axes Obama's MyRA Retirement Accounts After $70mm Of Taxpayer Funds Wasted

During his January 2014 State of the Union address Obama announced the creation of a new financial product that would allow American workers, those without access to retirement accounts anyway, to directly participate in the U.S. Treasury's debt ponzi on a tax-deferred basis.  The accounts were cleverly named MyRA and were intended to be a substitute for people who didn't have access to an employee-sponsored 401k...with one little catch...money deposited in the accounts could only be invested in U.S. government bonds.  Here's an excerpt from Obama's speech at the time:

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