• @SarcasticMan
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    5019 hours ago

    I have said it, screamed it, written it down even…they do not make money when the economy is good. Look at their increases in wealth during the pandemic, they make the most money while you are struggling to pay for groceries. None of what is happening has anything to do with America or the American people, it is all first and foremost a cash grab.

    Downvote me, tell me how I am wrong and I will sit here and laugh my lilly white peckerwood ass off while politicians on both sides and the uber-rich fleece this country for everything it has. Good luck out there, if the doomsayers are right it’s going to get real ugly real fast.

    • @[email protected]
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      This is a pretty blatant transfer of wealth from the average American to private industry. Tariffs are paid by the consumer and these tariffs will bring in an additional $140 billion in government revenue this year. Meanwhile public services are being gutted and Trump has promised massive investments in AI, semiconductors etc.

      It’s basically a shake down. Give us your money, you’re getting nothing in return for it, and we’re going to put it all into this speculative investment which may or may not succeed

    • Snot Flickerman
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      This is Milton Friedman’s Economic Shock Treatment as used by the US CIA in South America, but on the US itself.

      They’re done with US citizens, they’re here to strip mine it. They want to bring our quality of life down to match the rest of the world, not the other way around. Get ready to be burning electronics for precious metals.

      • The Quuuuuill
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        2018 hours ago

        it’s also a demonstration of why we been saying for so long “no one is free until everyone is free”

      • @Fredselfish
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        616 hours ago

        My dad been screaming that we Americans need to start working for income they get in China and that we need have same work culture. IE get rid of OSHA and regulations. He loves Trump and watchs OAN for his news. That and Tiktok.

          • @Fredselfish
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            415 hours ago

            Sort of he doesn’t have worry about money.

            • @CharlesDarwin
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              715 hours ago

              Ah. It’s interesting how people propose other people deal with little pay, long hours, and no safety precautions. Does he work under such circumstances himself, or just want that for others?

              • @Fredselfish
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                415 hours ago

                He doesn’t work. Just collecting large sums of money.

      • @CharlesDarwin
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        416 hours ago

        Get ready to be burning electronics for precious metals.

        They’ll probably replace that with a robot soon, but they’ll be doing it near the poorest/most non-white areas of the country…