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applegrove

(128,098 posts) Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:36 PM 11 hrs ago

A broken economy:

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record .6 trillion, after getting .2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-09-15T01:31:06.244617Z

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A broken economy: (Original Post) applegrove 11 hrs ago OP

What's really concerning is that if we took every penny of their wealth, we'd still have huge deficit/debt. Silent Type 11 hrs ago #1

Remarkable, the resemblance of Massive Wealth to Black Holes? BurnDoubt 8 hrs ago #2

Silent Type

(11,002 posts)

1. What's really concerning is that if we took every penny of their wealth, we'd still have huge deficit/debt.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:52 PM

11 hrs ago

And if we took it, I bet we wouldn’t get 20% of that $6.6 T because it’s funny money.

BurnDoubt

(1,009 posts)

2. Remarkable, the resemblance of Massive Wealth to Black Holes?

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:29 AM

8 hrs ago

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