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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:

Confirmed: NFL Fans Tuned Out Last Year Because Players Protested The National Anthem

Confirmed: NFL Fans Tuned Out Last Year Because Players Protested The National Anthem

Authored by Kati Pavlich via Townhall.com,

The NFL took a massive ratings dive last year after a number of players, led by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, refused to stand for the National Anthem. At the time, NFL officials claimed they didn't exactly know why ratings were down and even used the 2016 presidential election as an excuse for why more people weren't watching. 

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