<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">On Sat, Oct 31, 2026 at 9:22 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class="msg-7708474402650842416"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-7708474402650842416WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:transparent"> </span></p></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7708474402650842416"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-7708474402650842416WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>> </span>The ratio of <span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault">G</span>ross <span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault">G</span>overnment <span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault">D</span>ebt to<span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault"> National GDP for Japan is about <u>twice</u> that of the USA, and yet they can afford universal healthcare for <u>ALL</u> their citizen<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">s. </span></span></span></b><b style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">I predicted that in three years or less <span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault">the USA </span>would have something like Medicare for all<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></b><b style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">and a tax on billionaires and trillionaires<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></b><b style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">unless AI kills us all first. I did <u>NOT</u> predict it would happen because the House and Senate passed legislation that the president then signed (although it might happen that way) I just predicted that one way or another it would happen.</span></b><span style="background-color:transparent">  </span><span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault" style="background-color:transparent"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">John K Clark</span></b></span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="georgia, serif"><span class="m_-7708474402650842416gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>OK so you predict a communist revolution<span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span></span></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">I will make note of it.</span></span></font></i></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>So even after <u style="">the <span class="gmail_default" style="">HUGE</span> improvement<span class="gmail_default" style=""> in AI that occurred just over the last MONTH</span></u> you nevertheless<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>imagine the only way we could see a big change in American <span class="gmail_default" style="">s</span>ociety in the next <span class="gmail_default" style="">3</span> years is if<span class="gmail_default" style=""> the House and the Senate passed radical legislation and the president signed it, or if the communists stage a revolution. That must be why you believe deficit spending and illegal immigration are still things worth talking about; but we are no longer living in the ancient bygone days of September 2026 so your attitude </span><span style="background-color:transparent">displays a stunning<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>lack of imagination. And I will make a note of it.</span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail_default" style=""> John K Clark</span> </span></b></font></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>