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Great point about the nursing home situation. I've read that 80% of patients in nursing homes are 100% on Medicaid. Nothing else covers them. These are someone's parents. About 60% of them are in some type of memory care facility due to their dementia. Happens to a lot of us as we age. 

If Medicaid is taken away, the majority will end up at their kids homes. Over 30 states have familial law that mandates kids take care of their parents even if they are estranged. They will garnish your wages if necessary. Memory care runs around $12-$15K a month. Let that sink in. All of this is so the super wealthy can get another round of unneeded tax breaks. 

All the best,
Nonoise

@secretguy  +1

Happy to get to chime in before the thread is closed; I always show up too late to offend anyone!  Thanks to the OP for the heads up on the reality of buying an affordable and cheap component from China. 
I recall when Japanese made goods were really crappy, and a Honda Civic was small enough to get around a traffic jam on a sidewalk. It also got over 40 mpg…

My current Honda pilot was made in Canada, the US and Mexico. The result of a collaborative trade relationship has helped many nations, not just a few. 
i am interested in components irrespective of where they were built. Having a global economy means being able to buy a McIntosh component built in the US, or a Moon Audio amplifier made in Canada, or a Laiv Audio DAC from Singapore. 
Singapore does not impose a tariff on US goods under the US-Singapore free trade agreement, yet a ten percent tariff has been imposed on them in direct violation of that treaty. 
As the US goes back on its word, it demonstrates it cannot be trusted. I think this will have long term repercussions. 
And my retirement will be fine. I moved most of it into treasury bonds in early November, and into gold and cash more recently. The economy is headed downhill with the king of bankruptcies at the helm. Time to buckle up. 
and I’ll be listening to music on a great Singaporean system. 
Tim

@freediver 

Perhaps you shouldn't jump up and down while you are typing. 

You ended up with a bunch of misspelled words and terrible punctuation.

Nothing more dangerous than an ignorant man who thinks he is a genius.