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LEST WE FORGET HISTORY: THE TRIANGULAR TRADE-THE RETURN CARGOEpisode 5: With European ships returning from the Caribbeans, the principle goods were sugar, rum, cotton & tobacco from the South (US), and other goods planted, weeded, and harvested by enslaved islanders. Without slavery, none of this trade could've happened.

LEST WE FORGET HISTORY_ SPECIAL SEGMENTFederal Film Tax Credits and historical parallels in cultural influence. A recent report states that our Prez supports a federal film tax credit, a policy that could reshape Hollywood's economic landscape. Tax credit aren't t unusual. Many countries use them, but when they come from the federal level, they can shift. This isn't just an entertainment story. It's a structural story. In 1930's Germany two notables, Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels did the same thing.

LEST WE FORGET HISTORY_ SERIES OF AMERICA_S RETURN 2 18TH CENTURY TRADE THINKING PWTRELY NEWS is running a series of our Prez takes America back to the 18th Century Trade Thinking. Remember that the past never disappears. It repeats, reshapes, and returns in ways we don't always see at first. Our Prez is trying to rebuild America's economic relationships using 18th-century trade principles. The same principles that shaped the Rum Triangle between Britain, the Caribbean islands, and the American colonies.

History doesn't repeat itself word for word, but it does rhyme. And when an economist uses the word 'cracking' to describe home prices, the rhyme gets louder. It's not a prediction. It's not a prophecy. It's a reminder. A historical echo of what we saw in the years leading up to the 2008 housing meltdown.

In America, offshore accounts were only for the wealthy, politicians, and companies. Today, immigrants are now using the same tactics that these offshore accounts afforded for the we

In this new cold war America is losing out to Russia in the Arctic. New sea routes. New expanding influence. New resources and new strategic territory, America is one giant step behind the Russians.

In 1898, a group of white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina staged a coup and took over the city. Wilmington was basically an all black city and the whites were threatened by these folks who enjoyed the fruits of Reconstruction.

The housing market repeats is decades long history when our current Prez refuses to sign a housing bill. It's not a disagreement. IT's part of a century-long pattern of stalled progress, delayed action, and communities left waiting for relief.

A recent poll named Prez the worst president in US history. In sharp contrast, the Republicans refute that claim. The poll, BODY listed the Prez below Buchanan, Harding and even Nixon at the bottom of the list They cited democratic backsliding, political instability, and the events surrounding January 6th as key factors.

America's Prez obsession with crowd size. The Prez views crowd size as something more than people. It's a recurring flashpoint, a political narrative, and a national argument. It began on January 20, 2017, Inauguration Day. ures shows from the National Mail a smaller crowd than when Prez Obama's 2009 inauguration. But the Prez insisted it was larger.

America's Prez claims he's the most powerful ruler in the world! Noone comes close. He can do anything he wants because he's the Prez. In support of those statements, Prez claimed he alone ended the War with Iran. And if their leader is smart, they will sign on the dotted line.Or will they?

Medicare's hospital insurance fund is running out sooner than expected. The Hospital Fund is the part that pays for inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing, home health, and hospices, and is now projected to run out even sooner than previously expected. According to the latest 2026 Medicare Trustees Report, the fund will be unable to pay full benefits starting in the second quarter of 2033, which is three months earlier than last year's projection.