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Safe as Milk

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5. Trump wants the US to look like Hungary and Russia. Here's the rub:

Reply to Traildogbob (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 20, 2025, 12:10 PM

Feb 2025

Romania's mean family income in USD: 8900/year.

Russia's mean family income in USD: 7900/year.

Both countries have a small cadre of oligarchs/billionaires, miniscule middle class, and a huge population of subsistence income earners. That's where Trump wants to take us.

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