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> does Trump own the American Treasury No, Congress controls that, and they're elected by the American people, who ultimately own it. Here's a more interestin
by peteretep 8y ago
> does Trump own the American Treasury
No, Congress controls that, and they're elected by the American people, who ultimately own it.
Here's a more interesting example: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/resources/faqs/ https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/resources/faqs/
> The Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch 'in right of The Crown', that is, it is owned by the monarch for the duration of their reign, by virtue of their accession to the throne. But it is not the private property of the monarch - it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch.
- vntok 8y ago> No, Congress controls that, and they're elected by the American people, who ultimately own it. Trump is also elected by the American people, though, right?
- Kye 8y agoStates elect the president. The people vote on the electors who represent their state in the electoral college.
- pjc50 8y agoTrick question: he's elected by the Electoral College. Which is why he's president despite recieving fewer votes than the other candidate, because it's not a direct election but a delegate system.
- Frondo 8y agoFor those haven't heard, there are plans underway to change that, too. Check out the National Popular Vote movement: https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ They're more than halfway there. I'm all in favor of the movement, and am holding out hope we'll see it click into place in the next decade or so.
- Frondo 8y agoFWIW, I am happily planning to expend my 3500 magic internet points promoting unions, worker's rights, and democracy in the strongly antidemocratic USA. In fact, I am looking forward to it.
- dang 8y agoYou can't use HN primarily for political and ideological battle. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. The reason is that it destroys intellectual curiosity, which is what this site exists for. We've warned you about this numerous times already. I don't want to ban you, but if you keep doing this we're going to have to.
- Frondo 8y agoI sincerely wish the site admins were as fastidious at minimizing ideology when it's pro-capitalist, but I also understand that this site functions largely as a promotional vehicle for a venture capital fund; it's never wise to bite the hand that feeds one.
- dang 8y agoThose are cheap and easy shots to take, with no burden of proof. But you actually don't know how hard we work for those things not to be true. Nor does it change the rules or the request that you abide by them.
- tirpen 8y agoSo is the winner of American Idol, that doesn't mean he/she own the treasure either.