u/Biggy_DX

Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS/60 Minutes after 20 years. Any thoughts on his departure and/or career?

Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS/60 Minutes after 20 years. Any thoughts on his departure and/or career?

Story here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/05/17/anderson-cooper-leaves-60-minutes-last-episode/90132056007/

I know CBS hasn't been looked at with favorability from Conservatives in recent years, but what do you think of Anderson himself? Did you ever find his coverage worthwhile? Are you happy to see him go, or do you think media is losing a valuable news correspondent?

u/Biggy_DX — 21 hours ago

I've seen plenty of Conservative comments regarding how they would downsize the Federal Government. However, what would Conservatives do with the Federal Reserve?

I don't think I've seen many comments outside of certain Conservatives disagreeing with its formation. In an idealized hypothetical, where Conservatives gain a supermajority in both chambers (plus Presidency), what happens to the Federal Reserve?

Edit: For clarity, this isn't necessarily about downsizing the Federal Reserve. It's about how you would alter it.

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u/Biggy_DX — 2 days ago

For those here who found financial success, do you find yourself getting constant requests for money by immediate family members?

"Success" is up to one's own interpretation, but - in general - its achieving a financial status higher than what you had typically been a part of.

Or do others in your family keep a hands off approach and let you keep yours? Hell, I'm sure some of you don't even bother to tell your family, either out of a personal desire for privacy, knowing you'll get inundated with requests for money, or not wanting to deal with certain relatives.

Since getting my degree and getting a pretty good job, I get constant asks for money. Often times, it's either through my own parents or immediate family. A majority of times I don't mind, since it's not an inordinate amount of money (maybe up to $50 most times), and *most* times they're good about paying it back

... But some are absolutely horrible at it. Others couldn't be bothered to talk to me while I was in college, and yet they've now - somehow - have managed to find my number.

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u/Biggy_DX — 4 days ago

Fiction often uses the trope of Megacorporations controlling entire countries, or the planet itself. How likely do you think such a scenario is for our society in the future?

Admittedly, there's many deviations into how much influence said Megacorporarions have on human society. Some have near equal power to even the greatest superpowers on the planet, and so they have inordinate say on national and foreign affairs policy. Others have so much money, power, and influence, that they're practically the government itself. You'll also find Sci-Fi leans into this as well, where Megacorp influence and power stretches across various planets, systems, or the galaxy itself.

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u/Biggy_DX — 8 days ago