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In reply to the discussion: **HAD** to go get coffee this morning (I try not to leave the house bc covid) [View all]radius777
(3,635 posts)9. K shaped recovery. The stock market and the economy are not the same thing.
During the pandemic Wall St has reaped record profits while Main St stands on food lines.
Alot of deluded people also bought into the idea of Trump as a 'great businessman' from the image he projected on The Apprentice. They don't care that he doesn't pay taxes - they secretly wish to also be rich and not pay taxes as well.
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Baltimike
Jan 2021
OP
Yes.... and the stock market etc. is still doing well thanks to President Obama's hard work
groundloop
Jan 2021
#32
High stock prices only affect the average person when they are on their way down.
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#27
The best two descriptions of how The Apprentice lurched along are from Penn Jillette and Noel Casler
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#31
seriously! same! In fact, I care more about everything else that the GOP mofos do
LymphocyteLover
Jan 2021
#23
Too many working/middle class people think the DOW is an indicator of the economy.
CrispyQ
Jan 2021
#4
Great video demonstrating the economic gap between wealthy anbd poor - thanks for sharing!!
iluvtennis
Jan 2021
#11
They also look at home interest rates being at all time lows and think it's a good thing
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2021
#28
I admit to being conflicted over their lost business, but I have not purchased food that I haven't
hlthe2b
Jan 2021
#20
It will be easier to look back and say "I might have been TOO cautious" than to look back and say
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2021
#25
Good on you....but plan ahead so you wont have to get out into that madness that is a
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2021
#22
Some, particularly Black Men, identify with Trump's "hustler" ethos and overhyped masculinity
NEOBuckeye
Jan 2021
#36
Me too. Even the video I saw here of Asian Americans in the pre-rally after Trump denigrated China.
live love laugh
Jan 2021
#45
It drives me BONKERS to see that. I think for some people, if they don't experience the racism
Vivienne235729
Jan 2021
#46