Buy real assets like gold and silver. There is a reason why they are near their all-time highs, and the general public hasn't piled in yet. The current bull run has been largely driven by central bank purchases. When the shit hits the fan there will be exponential growth.
Shiny metals have had value to men for the entirety of recorded history and across societies, perhaps originating in their desirability for jewelry, for which they are still in significant demand today. They have been used as money more or less since the advent of money.
Perhaps other leprechauns will work overnight and repaint the rainbow crosswalk? Indeed, if enough leprechauns were outraged, perhaps every crosswalk in the city could get the overnight rainbow treatment.
It now needs only a simple majority to pass, and recent polling has it at 57% of voters in favor and 35% opposed. My guess is that it will likely pass. I'd love to see Illinois follow suit. Suck it fascists!
A better strategy is to buy real assets like gold and silver, which not only hold their value with inflation, but generally tend to explode in price as people wake up and pile in.
Not quite yet, but as Trump increases his grip on the Federal Reserve, which should reach a tipping point when he appoints a new Chairman in May of 2026, you can bet 100% that monetary policy will hyperinflation on a level never before seen in the U.S.. Expect >50% annual inflation level.
There are enough voters on the edge who really did vote for lowered cost of living. . . and this is really going to slap them in the face.
Honestly, I hope it rips their fucking faces off. Trump showed who he was during his first term, and it took a "fuck everyone else, gimme what I want" mentality to vote in favor of his second term. As a consequence, U.S. democracy is effectively over and everyone is much worse off for it. The leopards have been feasting, and it's about to get much, much worse.
So, I did a little digging, and apparently Prop 54 amended the state constitution in pertinent part as follows:
No bill may be passed or ultimately become a statute unless until the bill with any amendments has been printed, and distributed to the members, and published on the Internet, in its final form, for at least 72 hours before the vote, except that this notice period may be waived if the Governor has submitted to the Legislature a written statement that dispensing with this notice period for that bill is necessary to address a state of emergency, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 3 of Article XIII B, that has been declared by the Governor, and the house considering the bill thereafter dispenses with the notice period for that bill by a separate roll call vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership concurring, prior to the vote on the bill.
Given that the legislature hasn't been voted on yet, the publishing on the internet could be done immediately and satisfy the constitution. Alternatively, if the Democrats want to keep the plan secret until the last minute, Newsom could provide a written declaration of emergency, and since Democrats have a supermajority, they could easily provide the concurrence without a single Republican vote. Accordingly, I don't see the Republicans winning on this issue.
"Crime" crackdown. Right.