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28. The last paragraph

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:34 PM

Dec 4

The Dells aren’t giving children a head start. They’re giving everyone a warning. This is what it looks like when a nation forgets how to take care of its own people and starts handing the responsibility to the highest bidder.

Sean Carlton is an author and farmer who writes about collapse, institutional failure, and what life looks like after systems stop working. He is a former federal employee and the author of Exit Farming: Starving the Systems That Farm You. He runs Carlton Hill Farm and the Farm for Better community food pantry in West Virginia.

Welcome to Carlton Hill Farm

Located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Carlton Hill Farm produces high-quality rabbit, quail, and chicken meat along with farm-fresh eggs, seasonal produce, and wildflowers. We built this farm from the ground up to feed ourselves and our community.

We raise our animals with care, grow our produce without shortcuts, and keep every step of production on the farm. By cutting out middlemen and staying small, we offer fair prices while keeping quality and freshness at their peak.

Whether you want tender rabbit, affordable quail, eggs collected that morning, or vegetables picked in season, our goal is simple. Real food, grown with purpose, at a price that makes sense.

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The Biggest Heist in America Is Being Sold as a Gift to Children [View all] Kid Berwyn Dec 4 OP

Key paragraph to me NewHendoLib Dec 4 #1

It's the equivalent of an office pizza party instead of a raise EdmondDantes_ Dec 4 #2

With nasty burps after. erronis Dec 4 #4

no toppings, extra crust, cold. twodogsbarking Dec 4 #17

I couldn't agree more. Diamond_Dog Dec 4 #3

Definitely! OldBaldy1701E Dec 4 #7

The phrase... GiqueCee Dec 4 #10

The irony is that at the end of her life, mwmisses4289 Dec 5 #46

Yup... GiqueCee Dec 5 #48

Agree, the is a pretty good visual explanation... walkingman Dec 4 #5

When I saw Susan Dell I thought she was BigmanPigman Dec 4 #24

She is ugly because of the person she is Bluestocking Dec 4 #29

The Generous Mirage gfarber Dec 4 #6

Excellent one today! Perfectly captures the fairy-tale nature. erronis Dec 4 #21

...... 70sEraVet Dec 4 #36

You've done it again, gfarber! calimary Dec 5 #43

Yes. OldBaldy1701E Dec 4 #8

Apologies for the crappy formatting. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 4 #31

It's crumbs, while billionaires lap up billions in tax breaks. SunSeeker Dec 4 #9

I read estimate that Peter Thiel has $5 billion in Roth accounts that grew from a few thousand dollars lostnfound Dec 5 #45

Not hard to believe. Roth does provide a potentially enormousloophole. And if you happen to be lucky enough, KPN Dec 5 #49

I agree. TommieMommy Dec 4 #11

The Dells are big supporters of Greg Abbott and have bronxiteforever Dec 4 #12

K&R Solly Mack Dec 4 #13

My thoughts exactly popsdenver Dec 4 #14

I completely agree. It's another shot at Social Security underpants Dec 4 #26

I watched this performance on the "news" mountain grammy Dec 4 #15

And, does anyone think these accounts won't be subject to... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 4 #16

"It's a corporate heist dressed up as philanthropy, and America is too exhausted or too desperate to notice." DeeDeeNY Dec 4 #18

When I saw this story yesterday, I thought "Why do they have $6.25 B. They need to be taxed more." ... aggiesal Dec 4 #19

Yes, that line jumped out for me too. They had $6.5 billion to just "drop". txwhitedove Dec 5 #47

Anand Giridharadas talked about this sort of empty largesse Pinback Dec 4 #20

Anand Giridharadas - I can't get enough of his analysis. yellow dahlia Dec 4 #41

As always, Republicans only act generous when they are the beneficiaries of the generosity. rickford66 Dec 4 #22

The beginning of the end of DownriverDem Dec 4 #23

Yes. More of the shell game hidden behind smoke and mirrors. yellow dahlia Dec 4 #40

Plus they get a nice tax break nt LNM Dec 4 #25

Didn't even have to understand it, the names alone tell you ita a grift. Srkdqltr Dec 4 #27

The last paragraph underpants Dec 4 #28

My work computer is a Dell laptop Bluestocking Dec 4 #30

Their vision for America is Charles Dickens' England MuirHero Dec 4 #32

Kick dalton99a Dec 4 #33

K&R. Bookmarked. Thanks. c-rational Dec 4 #34

Capitalism is the problem. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 4 #35

Yeah... what if in two decades, there's been a nuclear war... Justice matters. Dec 4 #37

I have no mouth and I must scream. (Harlan Ellison) chouchou Dec 4 #38

What a smart piece! yellow dahlia Dec 4 #39

K&R jfz9580m Dec 4 #42

Thanks for this malaise Dec 5 #44

Pretty sure rightwing evangelical ministers across the country will be celebrating the virtues of the Dells KPN Dec 5 #50