S5E11 Cheese Curds, Chaos, and the National Debt Crisis

🧠 From bloated portfolios to bloated sinuses, this episode covers it all.

In this candid, wide-ranging episode of the Investor Shed Podcast, your hosts Nick Beveridge and Jeremy Kitchen start with personal health updates (including ear infections, weight gain, and cheese-curd-fueled vacations) before diving deep into some of the most pressing financial and political issues of our time.

What starts as lighthearted banter turns into a raw, informative discussion about long-term investing, tariffs, national debt, Social Security, and government inefficiency. Nick and Jeremy also review ChatGPT’s recommendations for solving the U.S. fiscal crisis and break them down with humor, insight, and real-world perspective.

🔥 Topics Covered:

• Long-term investing during volatility (Tesla, Bitcoin, dollar-cost averaging)

• Why tariffs are back—and who they’re meant to help

• How much debt is too much? ($36T and counting…)

• Social Security math: 2.8 workers per retiree

• AI in Medicare fraud detection

• What’s fair in taxation? A deep dive

• The power of mandatory savings accounts

• Political divide and the hope for smarter government reform

💬 Notable Quotes:

• "Stay the course, everybody, and stop freaking out."

• "We are in a casino with the stock market."

• "The country is running towards bankruptcy."

• "There's 2.8 workers for every one retiree."

• "Protests are not offering solutions."

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 – Health Updates & Mucus Madness
06:08 – Long-Term Investing Mindset
09:00 – Tariffs and U.S. Manufacturing
15:12 – National Debt and Fiscal Crisis
18:09 – Protest Culture & Public Sentiment
23:45 – Real Tax Fairness & Reform
36:16 – The Collapse of Social Security
39:35 – Inflation vs. Cost of Living Adjustments
43:34 – Government Efficiency & Spending Cuts
46:52 – Fraud Detection in Medicare
49:42 – Economic Growth Without Raising Taxes
55:41 – Mandatory Contribution-Based Accounts
57:37 – Tackling Unfunded Liabilities
01:00:30 – Fixing America for Future Generations
01:03:10 – Ending the Political Divide with Real Talk

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📊 🎯 Fact Check: Episode Highlights
(Yes, we checked ourselves before you had to.)

✅ Accurate:

• U.S. debt is over $36T

• Social Security has ~2.8 workers per retiree

• AI can detect Medicare fraud and save billions

• Emotional investing = poor results

• Long-term strategies > market timing

⚠️ Clarified:

• EU car tariffs ≠ 100% (usually ~10%)

• Most protests don’t offer solutions, but some do

• The wealthy do pay taxes—just often at lower effective rates

• VAT could raise big revenue, but $1T is a high-end estimate

❌ No major falsehoods found

📌 Real Talk. Real Facts. Still Real Estate at Heart.

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