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How do regular people stay ahead of the grift? Should we buy more stocks too? Not trying to get rich, just trying to afford a home and retire.

Racketeering

"I just got a huge tax cut! Think I'll create some jobs!" — said nobody. Ever. Job growth depends on demand for product. Period. Henry Ford knew that, so he gave workers enough money to afford his cars. Later, his antisemitism won him the highest award Nazi Germany could give a foreigner.

They do, but it's not just the Billionaires in America. It's the Top 10%. •Own 71.1% of all U.S. Wealth •Own 84.38% of private business wealth •Own 87.21% of corporate equities and mutual fund wealth •Take home 48.3% of all U.S. Income And it's not just Republican; it's also Democratic policies.

Spot on...

Extorting favours from countries will be very difficult with the animosity that has been built up. Destroying generational goodwill tends to have that effect. The US can no longer be trusted. This is the global message that Americans do not hear.

Of course this is the plan. It’s very obvious and it’s really in plain sight no hiding at all. Just blatant

So prices will never drop, people will suffer here & globally, crime will go up due to hunger, debt holders will be empowered to throw poor in debtors prison with slave labor in the fields, & Trump will unleash his military for the final boot on the necks of the serf. Billionaires be damned?

I don’t believe it people won’t buy

Of course they will make it back and get even wealthier. That's the whole point of the Trump hoax and over 70 million Americans were stupid enough to fall for it. Lutnick said it all when he claimed his mother in-law would never complain for missing her SSN check, only those committing fraud.

And importantly, still whine about things.

Nice economy you got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.

He just wants you to wet his beak

From the jump-his entire scheme is the GRIFT-. He will milk this position for literally EVERYTHING he can steal, while taking orders from the evil cadre who kept him out of jail.

"pay me an "I'm so sorry" fee, and I'll think about turning your power back on" That's his idea of "deal making" Just as not paying his contractors what they were owed was his version of savvy business pracices He cheats and lies. He's a lazy cheater in everything.

Unfortunately, SCOTUS says it's cool, unless the bribe is in a comically large bag with cartoon dollar signs on it.

Trump's blood-sucking tick and his inept, vital intestinal parasites that he has installed in the government are just like the Russian Tsar once did. Will he end up the same way?

And now we all understand why none of them are having any issues, not a peep, with the stock market crashing, right girls and boys? 🧐😡

Same shit. Different day. TFGs have been insider trading like mad. Forbes released that there are now 3,028 billionaires in the world. Probably a few more by the time markets closed this week. Disgusting. While my almost 65 y/o husband w cancer is worried he might not get social security?! Bullshit!

Cheaper if these guys just paid taxes.

This will only be exacerbated by robotics, AI, and our tax policies, which are part of the systematic failures. Remember that in Q4 2024, Americans had 17.9 Trillion in debt and only 724 billion in savings collectively. While 62.2% are living paycheck to paycheck.

Of course they will. Just like those that have any disposable income/flexible savings are currently buying up blue chip stocks at a 10-30% discount. None of this will hurt those that have a cushion. It will wipe out those that don’t. Promises made. Promises kept.

Ya think?

Layoffs make number go up. Brilliant!

Of course, the gop will resist getting him back with everything they’ve got precisely because they don’t want him suing or “spilling the beans” about him being grabbed Or the prison there.

Or slave labor wage jobs.

The super wealthy can outlast and weather recessions. These tax breaks and cheap stocks are great for the oligarchs

Unlike what Gordon Gekko claimed, greed is not good. The desire for an honest living and a comfortable, healthy life is, but this obsession for absurd levels of wealth is extremely detrimental. It is used to justify the worst human sentiments.

Paywalled for Business Insider article 😩

10 people lost $74 billion dollars? I'd like to see them lose more...

I hate paying for the stupidity of others.

Of course they will

Stock buyback windfalls were because the economy recovered from earlier recessions. Trump is not capable of curing his own misdeeds.

This is his message TO THEM. This is trump trying telling them they are all Khodorkovskys

There’s only one plan: Destroy, buy assets cheap, repeat.

I think the real fix is to make stock buybacks illegal again.... BEFORE REGAN CAME ALONG

Yep. Sad to say.