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British Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns After Only Six Weeks in Office

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has been forced to resign after just six weeks in office.   Her downfall came after she announced enormous tax cuts for the wealthy without any explanation as to how they'd be paid for, which sent the UK's economy into a massive freefall.   This made her time in office, the shortest tenure in history for a British prime minister. Gee, only six weeks?  Wonder how many Scaramuccis that amounts to?   The big joke in the UK was “which would last longer, Truss’ tenure, or a head of lettuce?”   Well, lettuce think about that for a minute, because for her measly 49 days in office, she’s now entitled to an annual pension of £115,000 per year (approx. $130,000) - starting immediately.   Not a bad six-week haul for someone who says the “Welfare State” destroys people’s incentive to work. Taking a page right out of “Donald Trump’s political playbook,” Prime Minister Truss chose her chancellor and close ally Kwasi Kwarteng to be the fal...