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applegrove

(133,112 posts) Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:36 PM Sep 2025

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 Sep 2025 OP

What's really concerning is that if we took every penny of their wealth, we'd still have huge deficit/debt. Silent Type Sep 2025 #1

Remarkable, the resemblance of Massive Wealth to Black Holes? BurnDoubt Sep 2025 #2

Silent Type

(12,412 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

Sep 2025

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

BurnDoubt

(1,909 posts)

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

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Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:29 AM

Sep 2025

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