Amervim Bonano

Why are so many opposed to actually forcing Members of Congress to sell their individual stocks instead of just banning new purchases? Is it because they don’t want to pay capital gains taxes on the massive unrealized profits they’ve built up while in office their FAIR SHARE? A real divestiture requirement would deliver double justice for the American people: 1. Immediate, one-time tax revenue for the Treasury from those gains (15–20% long-term capital gains rates on holdings that, for just a handful of members like the Pelosis alone, already run into the tens or hundreds of millions). 2. Genuine removal of the insider-trading leverage and conflict-of-interest problem no more holding stocks while writing the rules that affect them. Lawmakers should set the example, not protect their own portfolios. The current bill lets them keep everything they already own. That’s not reform it’s theater. Force the sales. Collect the taxes. Restore trust.

$50k doing nothing is nice… but real passive income from owning 5 × $200k properties rented at $2k/mo each? That’s $120k gross/year. Florida (no state tax): After realistic expenses (~40% op ex), depreciation, and federal taxes only → you could easily keep ~$85k–$95k+ net in your pocket (exact depends on your mortgage, maintenance, etc.). No state bite on the profits. New York City: Same setup, but add NY state (~6–7% effective on this bracket) + NYC local (~3.8%) → you lose another $8k–$12k+ to state/local taxes. Net drops to roughly $75k–$85k. Difference: $10k+ more kept every year in FL — just by avoiding the NY tax drag. Plus you build equity, get depreciation shields, and have real assets working for you. The $50k interest is cute. Scaling real estate in a no-income-tax state is how you actually build and keep wealth. Location (and asset type) still matters. 💰🏠

I have said it over and over. This department shouldn’t be called “Human Resources.” It should be called “Corporate Resources.” Most HR departments exist to protect the company, the executives, and the legal team — not the actual humans doing the work. They create policies, forms, and processes that make managers’ lives easier while pretending to “support employees.” Bolt just did what a lot of companies quietly think: HR had become a bureaucratic burden that invented problems instead of solving them. The name “Human Resources” has always been marketing. The reality is Corporate Defense.