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2009

2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.

https://libertythroughwealth.com/2020/03/26/way-to-wealth-invest-when-blood-streets/

https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2025/04/this-is-what-it-looks-like-to-buy-stocks-when-theres-blood-in-the-streets/

https://www.bitget.com/wiki/when-there’s-blood-in-the-streets-quote

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012116/warren-buffett-be-fearful-when-others-are-greedy.asp

PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/contrarian-markets-boeing-personal-finance_investopedia.html

2017 June

2017-06-05 During his first term, Trump endorsed a proposal to remove 30,000 FAA workers from the federal payroll and privatize the nation’s air traffic control system.

https://www.npr.org/2017/06/05/531574945/trump-announces-plan-to-privatize-air-traffic-control

2025 January

2025-01-20 Project 2025 Chapter 14 outlines a complete overhaul of the DHHS to include eliminating the Affordable Care Act and encouraging more privatized systems like Medicare Advantage.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

2025 March

2025-03-05 A military news outlet Military.com published an article speaking out on behalf of millions of Veterans who feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/25/veterans-fear-trump-administration-plans-privatize-va-health-care.html

2025 July

2025-07-31 News outlets reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once referred to the “Trump Baby Account” as a “back door for privatizing Social Security”. However, the same article referred to Bessent’s social media post clarifying that those accounts are “…an additive benefit for future generations, which will supplement…”, which White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reasserted during a press conference. The article quoted Leavitt as saying, “What the secretary of treasury was saying, and what this administration believes, is that these Trump newborn accounts, which is an incredibly creative and great provision that was in the one big, beautiful bill for newborn babies and families and future generations of Americans, will help supplement not substitute Social Security”. 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bessent-clarify-comments-suggesting-social-security-privatized/story?id=124248243

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/bessent-trump-accounts-backdoor-privatize-social-security-00484859

2026 February

2026-02-06 Trump launched TrumpRX.

https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-trumprx-will-further-enrich-big-pharma-not-reduce-drug-prices/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-launches-trumprx-gov-to-bring-lower-drug-prices-to-american-patients/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-and-johnson-trumprx-prescription-drugs/

https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/trumprx-expands-discount-drug-offerings-what-consumers-should-know-153118576.html

https://www.cato.org/blog/trumprx-when-government-tries-build-market

PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/business/trumprx-generic-drugs-mark-cuban.html

2026 April

2026-04-03 Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/us/tsa-private-airport-security-screening

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/9-11-looms-over-trumps-push-to-privatize-airport-security-00862356

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-proposes-begin-privatizing-us-airport-security-operations-2026-04-03/

https://www.wfla.com/news/privatizing-tsa-on-the-table-as-shutdown-impacts-airport-security/

2026-04-28 Senator Merkley pressed DOE Linda McMahon on why she gutted the TRIO program designed to encourage professional nursing careers. McMahon claimed that somehow removing nursing jobs from a professional category would make tuition more affordable. What actually happens is students who can’t get a sufficient federal loan on a low interest rate will now have to seek out PRIVATIZED loan companies with a much higher interest rate. Remember, in November 2025 the DOE declassified nursing careers from being considered professional.

TIMESTAMP 5:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDtPiBp3j3Y&list=WL&index=1&t=321s

2026 May

2026-05-03 After Trump’s tariffs, heavy spending, and elective war in Iran all took a toll on the economy, Spirit Airlines liquidated all its assets.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/spirit-airlines-says-it-has-no-choice-liquidate-operations-2026-05-04/

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/spirit-airlines-liquidation-has-minimal-impact-on-aerospace-industry-says-bofa-93CH-4656452

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout.html

2026-05-08 During a panel discussion at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference in Los Angeles, Ted Cruz admitted Trump Accounts for babies were a backdoor for privatized social security, calling it the GOP’s “dirty little secret”, arguing that “it’s because we gave the money to babies so the old people didn’t get pissed”.

https://democrats.org/news/ted-cruz-admits-dirty-little-secret-trump-accounts-are-a-way-to-privatize-social-security/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5870394-cruz-trump-accounts-social-security/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHWRF5XGjf8&list=WL&index=1&t=144s