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...while the poor get poorer, it´s always been like that, also here in Germany, here it´s already been so after the big inflation of the early 20th century, when people had to pay billions of Marks for half a pound of butter.

Not if we put em in jail! Phew!

Hey have you considered a possible bigger pix? They want businesses and farms to go bankrupt so that they can let their $5m visa gold card holders have them cheap?

Yes, by design and intent.

Polite correction appreciated

The billionaires will end up with those single family homes for pennies on the dollar, not to live in but to rent out. That's already been happening in many places. Normal people are squeezed out of the market by large corporations.

That's why History keeps saying: "don't make me repeat myself." Today's global protests may point to a different outcome. www.usatoday.com/picture-gall...

Exactly. When the stocks drop, they buy low, with their massive financial reserves then wait for the bounce. The rest of us don’t have the reserves, or the wait time.

That’s the plan

Plus added tax cuts for them too.

Seems like the money they're already pilfering from us would hold them over for a little while.

Trump is now cash rich thanks to all his grifting. He is trashing the economy on purpose so that he and his billionaire buddies can buy us up for pennies on the dollar...

Amen. Our democrat leadership abandoned the middle class when they refused to put bankers in prison. Power to the wealthy I guess.

Cant wait to see em jumping from skyscrapers!

Tax the rich is one of the most significant demands in all rallies. When House & Senate majorities sneak in big tax cuts for Musk etal; voters are going to revolt.

Yes. Buying the dips is their game next to the tax discount. They are doubling up

Of course… I’ve been recommending all Naomi Klein’s books for almost 20 years

Recessions are a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich.

Bernie and AOC are also saying it right now. Hell most of the people against this madness are.

lol, yep! You plebs keep watching. I'll be the world's first trillionaire. woohoo! Adam, finally you are getting the drift!

Remember a foreclosure king Steven Mnchin who made fortune in 2008 great recession? They are about to do this again. www.politico.com/story/2016/1...

Disaster Capitalism lives!

So what do we do to stop that from happening???

We're in control DEAR. Not YOU!

A couple or three bankers doing three or fours years might have precluded MAGA.

Now you’re just trying to cheer us up….😳😳😳

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Because they have the luxury to scoop up all the cheap stocks during a crash.

Bailed out by the government

Every god damn time. And the not rich get poorer.

They get a slice whether we win or lose.

He's definitely tanking not just our economy but global economies on purpose. He's doing it for the other authoritarian regimes and oligarchs. Having his own crypto will help him hide finances and move it around the darkside. Idiots in Congress who think they are part of his group will be discarded

Yes, cause the small to medium size businesses get killed off and the large ones set to gain.

Winning combo, right?

Yup! Because they have the cash reserves ready to deploy when the market sinks to the bottom. Then they ride the wave back to the top.

He’s gonna crash the stock market take trillions away from government subsidies layoff hundreds of thousands of people and the only people that are gonna gain by this are the wealthy and after he’s done, it’s gonna take decades to overturn his atrocities

Yeah. He didn't even hide it. Didn't his post as the markets were crashing, say the rich are going to get richer? like he don't hide the crazy anymore.

If only we had governments that realised that and acted to redirect these gains to where they would create lasting benefits for everyone. High time that wealthy were taxed to reflect their exploitation of the rest of us.

If we ain't going to eat them then we surely as the Sun is bright need to tax them into some humility.

Sorry to say there’s no way, unless Congress (after 2026), gathers some collective balls and reform some aspect of windfall taxation. Penalize the wealth hoarders who don’t care for those they walk on.

They are vultures.

If you vote for Republicans, you really are a greedy motherfucker

I imagine that’s the plan here too!

They're all waiting for the group chat to proclaim "O.K. Boys.... time to Buy" then mysteriously the tariffs are reversed.

And, what can we even do about it? Protests? Organize? What will that do?

Of course it is. Only they will regret it worldwide.

If the Dems win Congress in 2026 stopping this should be done.

Oh!

This time the recession will be deeper and it will take longer to recover. But finally, the rich will loose most of their influence and money.

May be years of reducing the tax burden on the rich has had consequences.

That's one of the perks of being rich 🤷‍♂️

That’s the point of this Trump made depression/recession!

As opposed to literally any other circumstances, where instead the rich get richer.

Not if we get progressive taxation in place.

It’s almost as if it’s planned…

That's why all the republicans tank the economy. Either by incompetence or on purpose.

Why do you think they all are supporting this shit?

Democracy was supposed to cure the rich keep getting richer problem but along the way, democrats got bought-off and now only the money matters to every politician. They have to be bought and paid for, just to get elected. Democracy cannot work as long as the halls of Congress are lined with gold.

The rich get richer no matter what happens! The ones who suffer most are always the ones who are already suffering because they have the least resources. Then they die and some poor worker takes their place. The worst part about the rich getting richer is more and more people HAVE to be poor!

That's the plan Stan Everything Trump does is for his own enrichment

Maybe this time we hit them hard with a massive upper bracket tax hike so everyone can share in their "good fortune".

and thus it has always been the Richest love depressions.. they can buy stocks and land and houses for pennies on the dollar, wait til the government rebuilds... and then be all the more richer.. Then there is the Tax code.. its massive not because it collects more, it collects less, every loophole

It’s almost like they designed it that way.

Agree but my statement is about how the rich always get richer bc the dems pander to the rich. It’s history not BS. Trust me I’m not of the ilk that claims both sides equally responsible for the Trump/Musk circus bc that’s true BS

You noticed?

Once again led by the republicans

When will people realize that Republicans are terrible for the country socially and economically? And it’s not a small sample size.

The ones that survive going into it usually do, yes.

The old bailout the rich scenario.

While the rest of us suffer for 10 years it takes to recover. Trump should get the steepest penalty for this destruction.

I wish you were wrong

ALWAYS

It was the plan all along

One of the most overlooked and under discussed facts about this administration. He's not crashing the economy because he's stupid, he's crashing it so he and his ilk can buy even more of our economy and at rock bottom prices. Right before our very eyes, and everyone's all upset about trans people.

That’s the whole point. #BullionairesClub

Before they even buy cheap, they purchase options, making $ on volatility. It’s a win, win, win!

See the work of Gary Stevenson

That just f-ing sucks. Either way, no matter what, somehow they don't lose. 😒 Just normal people, we lose.

FoTUS absolutely did this on purpose. Insider trading on a vast scale and out in the open. There is no other explanation. FU SCOTUS and your presidential immunity.

*IF* Congress bails them out. They won't, if they don't. Imagine what would happen if, for once, Congress did nothing for the rich and just bailed out the working people instead.

A depressing thought I didn't need. (TAX THE WEALTHY!)

Sad but true. The pandemic helped too. More Amazon and mail orders. Safer.

He admitted in writing! PURPOSELY crashing the stock market! THERE SHOULD BE LAWS AGAINST THIS ! They will now come swooping in & buy it up CHEAP ! Because they have PLENTY EXTRA to do so. WHERE'S JUSTICE ⚖🤷‍♀️💙⚖🥴🤔💙⚖💙⚖

🎯🎯🎯

And, like me, some people teetering at the edge get pushed over, and become irretrievably poor. And now terrified.

They love a recession. Remember when trump said those exact words?

Truth is , that is exactly what he’s trying to engineer. Trump only gives a fuck about himself and family

Of course they do. This is manufactured for the wealthy to buy low and bankrupt the rest of us

on governement bailouts

Trump and Associates did this so they can sell high..crash the markets and buy low. Say it isn't so? I dare anyone

I think that's their plan🤬

Ours is upside down.

Mine is upside down.

They are already much richer because the billionaire inner circle have been shorting stocks

Bust. Vacuum up. Boom. Trickle down. Repeat. That’s why it’s sofa king weird these days as there is very little left at the bottom.

This time they are doing it overtly instead of letting the markets take their course. And bragging about it.

🤬🤬🤬

Yeah, and even with taxpayers money, remember.😒

This is the part people don’t get. Many regular Americans will lose everything in a recession and never recover, billionaires will lose tons of money, but still have plenty to take advantage of low prices and buy everything up. When the economy improves, they’ll be trillionaires.

Sounds like a good time to BRING DOWN THE BILLIONAIRES. You have proven you have the power.

And trumpelon is creating this recession on purpose to increase their and their cronies’ wealth.

Exactly 💯, I'm so glad that you're ☝️ it out. That's why they're pushing this. Oh and this time they are getting more political power. It's the authoritarian playbook.

That is the entire point of all this. Pure and simple.

They had even more wealth after the Great Depression Theres something called "Shortening the Market" a stream line process cutting time between transactions that may cause issues if it takes too long in purchasing selling trading

If he’s allowed to get away with it it will be great for just a few. A French style revolution could change all of that.

According to the last stats I saw, it would only take about 800 But extras are good - "be prepared" is a classic motto for a reason!

Are senseless tariffs just an international extortion gimmick in a demented pursuit for world domination, even at the risk permanent damage to US economy & US leadership?

Taking this opportunity to state… Canada never went into a recession in 2008 because of @mark-carney.bsky.social… this is why everyone, regardless of party, has faith in him to make the best of the nonsense coming from the 🇺🇸