▪️It’s misleading to say Subway footlongs are “back down to $6.99.” This is a limited time promotion, from Aug 26-Sept 8, and only available on the app or online orders using a promo code.
https://newsroom.subway.com/2024-08-23-Subway-R-Serves-Up-Serious-Value-with-New-6-99-Any-Footlong-Deal-Thats-Right-Any-Footlong
▪️If you go into a store, or order without the promo code, footlongs are still ~$13-16 and all of them will stay that way after Sept 8 when the promo ends. It’s probably a marketing strategy to get people to download and use their app.
▪️The meme also uses the word “private equity” like it’s a scary term, but it just means that the companies aren’t publicly traded. Many chains are private (Dunkin, Panda Express, Chik-Fil-A, In-N-Out, etc.) and if they happen to be publicly traded, like McDonald’s, then they’re also vilified by the left for being greedy corporations.
It’s bizarre to see them seesaw back and forth that Trump is totally clueless and aloof, just golfing all day, then all of a sudden he’s a dangerous king/dictator who’s diligently plotting to seize absolute power.
▪️This one is frustrating because, while it’s nice to see the vigor and speed that DOGE is acting with, they’re also sloppy with some of their findings. This is not some bombshell, millions of dead people’s SS numbers aren’t being paid out to fraudsters.
▪️This problem has been known for some time, you can read an inspector general’s report from 2015 about millions of names on the SS “numident” not being correctly annotated for deaths, even though they were older than 112 (the oldest known American at the time).
https://oig-files.ssa.gov/audits/full/A-06-14-34030_0.pdf
▪️There are innocent explanations for some of these. Expatriates that died outside the country, for example. Or immigrants given temporary work permit who returned to their country, people issued new numbers for various reasons, etc. However, most are simply due to the govt not diligently keeping track of deaths.
▪️It’s embarrassing that the govt has millions of numbers on the numident that are ...
