A reclusive billionaire, anti-tax crusader and major financial backer of Donald Trump has been named as the anonymous private donor who gave $130m to the government to help pay US troops during the federal shutdown that is now in its fourth week, according to the New York Times.
The donation, which equates to about $100 per service member, appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending funds in advance or in excess of congressional appropriations – and from accepting voluntary services “except in the case of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property”.
Potential penalties for violations include both administrative and criminal sanctions such as suspension or removal from duty, fines and imprisonment.
100% this is it. Hoarding usually boils down to OCD and needing to feel a false sense of control.
You never know when you might need to possess all that money you will never be able to spend (even if you do somehow achieve immortality) just like you don’t know when you might need that collection of old newspapers. But when that day comes, you’re convinced you’ll be ready. Then they’ll see. They’ll finally all see. Unless somebody steals or misplaces your “treasures.”
This is literally from a recent article about Thiel and his Antichrist lectures:
Your fucking identity? Bro, you’ll be worm food like the rest of us. That’s why they call it the great equalizer. (And that is also probably exactly why you fear it more than anything else.)