• $1,000,000,000,000 Makes The Rich Even Richer

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 23 11:01:47 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
    | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
    | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
    | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
    | entire economy.
    |
    | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
    | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
    | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
    | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
    | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
    | the Paris School of Economics.
    |
    | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
    | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
    | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
    | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
    | Zucman.
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a>

    --bks

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Wed Apr 23 17:38:55 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in
    news:vuavcr$lct$[email protected]:

    |
    | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
    | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
    | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
    | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
    | entire economy.
    |
    | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
    | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
    | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
    | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
    | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
    | the Paris School of Economics.
    |
    | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
    | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
    | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
    | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
    | Zucman.
    | ...
    <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increas e-bc13874a>

    --bks



    The conservative ideal is like that of
    most 3rd world countries. A handful of very
    wealthy oligarchs and everyone else living
    in grinding poverty.

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  • From Skeeter OG@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 23 15:44:01 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    In article <[email protected]>,
    [email protected] says...

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:vuavcr$lct$[email protected]:

    |
    | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
    | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
    | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
    | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
    | entire economy.
    |
    | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
    | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
    | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
    | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
    | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
    | the Paris School of Economics.
    |
    | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
    | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
    | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
    | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
    | Zucman.
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increas e-bc13874a>

    --bks



    The conservative ideal is like that of
    most 3rd world countries. A handful of very
    wealthy oligarchs and everyone else living
    in grinding poverty.

    Do you live in grinding poverty? I don't.

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Wed Apr 23 17:58:41 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
    | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
    | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
    | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
    | entire economy.
    |
    | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
    | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
    | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
    | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
    | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
    | the Paris School of Economics.
    |
    | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
    | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
    | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
    | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
    | Zucman.
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a>

    --bks

    I didn't see Presidents Clintoon, Nigger, or Senile, nor ANY Democrat in Congress stop ANY of the myriad scams in the economy that affects the middle class: artificially low interest rates, "free trade", offshoring production, refusing to enforce criminal antitrust law on the medical system, etc.

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 23 23:00:36 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    The Rich DESERVE their wealth, are not criminals
    because they're wealthy and deserve NO penalties.
    They don't "owe" Joe Beerbelly a fuckin' penny.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Apr 24 03:05:52 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Rich DESERVE their wealth, are not criminals
    because they're wealthy and deserve NO penalties.
    They don't "owe" Joe Beerbelly a fuckin' penny.

    c186282 lifts her skirt for the rich. She will
    always be a serf.

    --bks

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Apr 24 13:05:40 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    The Rich DESERVE their wealth,


    What did Paris Hilton/Don Jr/Saudi royals
    DO to "deserve their wealth"?

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Thu Apr 24 12:15:32 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 24/4/25 6:05, Mitchell Holman wrote:
    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    The Rich DESERVE their wealth,


    What did Paris Hilton/Don Jr/Saudi royals
    DO to "deserve their wealth"?




    Paris starred in and helped in the production of Repo the Genetic
    Opera.

    --
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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Wed Apr 30 16:37:04 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 4/23/25 17:58, Anonymous wrote:
    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
      |
      | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
      | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
      | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
      | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
      | entire economy.
      |
      | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
      | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
      | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
      | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
      | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
      | the Paris School of Economics.
      |
      | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
      | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
      | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
      | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
      | Zucman.
      | ...
    <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-
    increase-bc13874a>

         --bks

    I didn't see Presidents Clintoon, Nigger, or Senile, nor ANY Democrat in Congress stop ANY of the myriad scams in the economy that affects the
    middle
    class: artificially low interest rates, "free trade", offshoring
    production,
    refusing to enforce criminal antitrust law on the medical system, etc.


    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal
    Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    Nor did you even blame American corporations for offshoring...

    -hh

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to -hh on Thu May 1 21:37:57 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    -hh wrote:
    On 4/23/25 17:58, Anonymous wrote:
    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
      |
      | The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record
      | share of America's wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of
      | wealth was created for the 19 richest American households
      | alone in 2024. That is more than the value of Switzerland's
      | entire economy.
      |
      | It took four decades for the top 0.00001% of Americans'
      | share of total U.S. household wealth to grow from 0.1% in
      | 1982--when 11 households made up that rarefied group--to
      | 1.2% in 2023, according to an analysis by Gabriel Zucman,
      | an economist at the University of California, Berkeley and
      | the Paris School of Economics.
      |
      | In one year, by the end of 2024, the share of total U.S.
      | household wealth for the modern 0.00001%--those 19
      | households--jumped to 1.8%, or about $2.6 trillion. That is
      | the biggest one-year increase on record, according to
      | Zucman.
      | ...
    <https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth- increase- >>> bc13874a>

         --bks

    I didn't see Presidents Clintoon, Nigger, or Senile, nor ANY Democrat in
    Congress stop ANY of the myriad scams in the economy that affects the middle >> class: artificially low interest rates, "free trade", offshoring production, >> refusing to enforce criminal antitrust law on the medical system, etc.


    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever else (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Nor did you even blame American corporations for offshoring...

    What do you expect them to do? TARIFFS are the answer here.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Fri May 2 06:59:28 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
    Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever else
    (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

    Nor did you even blame American corporations for offshoring...

    What do you expect them to do? TARIFFS are the answer here.

    These people disagree:

    https://industrytoday.com/rising-tariffs-necessitate-leaning-into-offshoring/

    It’s been estimated that the impact of new tariffs may cost U.S.
    manufacturers an additional $144 billion in costs annually. While we have
    yet to see any final determinations and impacts of these tariffs,
    manufacturers are bracing for the worst, including the possibility of
    retaliatory tariffs and rising inflation.

    As global trade policies shift and tariffs on imported goods rise,
    manufacturing companies must rethink their operational strategies to
    maintain cost efficiency and competitiveness. One emerging solution is
    strategic talent offshoring, which can mitigate financial pressures while
    strengthening supply chain resilience.

    . . .

    Leveraging global talent pools — particularly in engineering, design, and
    software development — helps businesses lower operational expenses without
    sacrificing product quality.

    By reallocating budgets from high-cost domestic roles to lower-cost yet
    highly skilled international teams, companies can reallocate resources
    toward tariff-impacted areas such as material procurement or logistics.

    --
    Sentimentality -- that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.
    -- Graham Greene

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Fri May 2 23:17:27 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
    Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever else
    (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

    How many people were sent to PRISON?

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Sat May 3 07:08:49 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal >>>> Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever >>> else (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

    How many people were sent to PRISON?

    Dude, it's not always a prison sentence. If that were the case for fraud, Trump's pimply ass would be in prison for Trump University and other scams perpetrated by that criminal during his miserable life.

    Quite often it is simply a fine, as you admit above.

    In the case of Trump University, $25 million.

    If you insist on the criterion of prison time:

    Enron - Jeffrey Skilling - 24 years (reduced to 4 years)

    Trump-related:

    - Peter Navarro - 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress
    - Steve Bannon - ditto; he also plead guilty to border-wall fraud
    (money laundering and conspiracy) and avoided jail time.

    <https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/trump-associates-prison-sentence-crimes-list>

    Charted: Trump world allies sentenced to prison

    Missing from that list, of course, is the kingpin, Mafia Don.

    Now you know why Trump is firing inspectors general and gutting consumer-protection departments. He crimin' as we speak, bro.

    --
    love, n.:
    When you like to think of someone on days that begin with a morning.

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Sat May 3 18:14:20 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal >>>>> Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever >>>> else (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

    How many people were sent to PRISON?

    Dude, it's not always a prison sentence.

    Fines are passed on to consumers. Prison sentences aren't.

    (The rest of your faggotry deleted.)

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Sun May 4 07:04:08 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal >>>>>> Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever
    else (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

    How many people were sent to PRISON?

    Dude, it's not always a prison sentence.

    Fines are passed on to consumers. Prison sentences aren't.

    :-D Yeah, none of us pay for prisons, federal, state, or private.

    Pull my finger dude.

    (The rest of your faggotry deleted.)

    You have a PRI?

    --
    Did I do an INCORRECT THING??

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Sun May 4 22:50:48 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    -hh wrote:

    Funny how you didn't mention the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal >>>>>>> Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission...

    How many CRIMINAL indictments for violations of antitrust law, or whatever
    else (as opposed to fines) have we seen out of those clowns?

    Too lazy to goo-goo for info? Here's one example.

    https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/ >>>>
    How many people were sent to PRISON?

    Dude, it's not always a prison sentence.

    Fines are passed on to consumers. Prison sentences aren't.

    :-D Yeah, none of us pay for prisons, federal, state, or private.

    Pull my finger dude.

    You're stupid and innumerate. It costs less to the consumer and taxpayer to house a few C-suite executives in prison than it does to keep allowing the fraud and corruption.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Mon May 5 08:02:29 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Anonymous wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    You're stupid and innumerate.

    :-D

    Your PRI is making you crabby.

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