Trump is not interested in watching a treading water contest by those who his failures have put into extreme desperation. He doesn’t care if they drown.
While the vast majority of Americans have lost income, lost freedom and many have been personally put at risk or have actually experienced severe illness or death, a few at the top, who have made sure to insulate and protect themselves (often in luxury conditions or on private island getaways) have made off like the bandits they are.
In the first four months of the pandemic:
• 29 Americans became new billionaires
• More than 16 million Americans lost their health insurance
• 46 million have filed for unemployment
• Billionaires increased their wealth by $584 billion (Jeff Bezos alone increased his by 43 billion of that, selling and shipping all that stuff everyone is buying while shopping from quarantine at home); total net worth of 643 billionaires increased from $2.9 trillion to $3.5 trillion
•U.S households overall lost $6.5 trillion in wealth.
(Figures are from late June, have only increased since then)
There is REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH going on, all right, but it is not the PROgressives who are taking from the rich and giving to the poor, it is the corporate oligarchs who are profiting off the work of those who create their wealth while putting their own lives and health at risk.
Class warfare?
In the words of Warren Buffett, the most successful investment capitalist of all time (but vilified by TrumpubliCONs for having the nerve to remember his modest origins and stand up for the middle class): “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
Hand me my good $1 store reading glasses, dear. Is this a segregated pool where ‘those people’ have been treating water all their lives? Actually it could be more recent. It could be pool where the dogs were allowed to swim first before the pool was to be cleaned followed by ’those people". Down South they called that “Seperate, but Equal” even though the dogs never knew their status. Dogs are color blind and come in many different colors. We call them dumb animals.
House Democrats passed a bill specifically designed to deal with this mess two and a half months ago. The Trump administration and Senate Republicans had plenty of time to propose an alternative. Instead, they didn’t even focus on the issue until days before the benefits ended. And even now they’re refusing to offer anything that might significantly alleviate workers’ plight.
Wikipedia: “Over the next two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed between 90,000 and 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000 and 80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day.”
DD Wiz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Trump is not interested in watching a treading water contest by those who his failures have put into extreme desperation. He doesn’t care if they drown.
While the vast majority of Americans have lost income, lost freedom and many have been personally put at risk or have actually experienced severe illness or death, a few at the top, who have made sure to insulate and protect themselves (often in luxury conditions or on private island getaways) have made off like the bandits they are.
In the first four months of the pandemic:
• 29 Americans became new billionaires
• More than 16 million Americans lost their health insurance
• 46 million have filed for unemployment
• Billionaires increased their wealth by $584 billion (Jeff Bezos alone increased his by 43 billion of that, selling and shipping all that stuff everyone is buying while shopping from quarantine at home); total net worth of 643 billionaires increased from $2.9 trillion to $3.5 trillion
•U.S households overall lost $6.5 trillion in wealth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/06/22/us-billionaire-wealth-surged-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic-infographic/#1ee7c74a3f8b
(Figures are from late June, have only increased since then)
There is REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH going on, all right, but it is not the PROgressives who are taking from the rich and giving to the poor, it is the corporate oligarchs who are profiting off the work of those who create their wealth while putting their own lives and health at risk.
Class warfare?
In the words of Warren Buffett, the most successful investment capitalist of all time (but vilified by TrumpubliCONs for having the nerve to remember his modest origins and stand up for the middle class): “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/business/yourmoney/26every.html
Concretionist over 3 years ago
The GOP is basically mean. Because, you know, if they were nice to people they know those people would react as they do: By taking advantage.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
These dilemmas are just horrible.
kaffekup over 3 years ago
I know trump doesn’t give a sh!t about anyone but himself.
But the Senate republicans? They should be desperately buying votes, rather than pissing off the people who will soon be voting against them.
Either they’re tone deaf, or stupid, or they think the fix is in and nothing they do matters.
I can’t decide which is true.
wyneaux over 3 years ago
The old Bill Cosby joke… when Noah questions the building of the ark?How long can you tread water?
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
Steven Mnuchin made his money on foreclosures, he might be looking forward to the coming foreclosures.
Ontman over 3 years ago
Neither party is doing itself any favours but at least the Democrats aren’t snatching money from people’s unemployment cheques.
The Love of Money is . . . over 3 years ago
Hand me my good $1 store reading glasses, dear. Is this a segregated pool where ‘those people’ have been treating water all their lives? Actually it could be more recent. It could be pool where the dogs were allowed to swim first before the pool was to be cleaned followed by ’those people". Down South they called that “Seperate, but Equal” even though the dogs never knew their status. Dogs are color blind and come in many different colors. We call them dumb animals.
Michael G. over 3 years ago
And we wanna see you compete in the broad jump, Skinnybones!
FrannieL Premium Member over 3 years ago
Bookworm over 3 years ago
Not to worry. The sharks will be along any minute now . . . .
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago
It’s amazing that men/women without conscience or moral values get re-elected.. the power of propaganda is a wondrous thing.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago
75 years later, new tragedies …
1945 Aug. 6: Hiroshima
1945 Aug. 9: Nagasaki
Wikipedia: “Over the next two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed between 90,000 and 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000 and 80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day.”
US coronavirus deaths as of 2020-08-04: 158,975
Madzdad the bard over 3 years ago
A rising tide drowns out the poor….er…I mean lifts all yachts!
Whatcouldgowrong over 3 years ago
It’s hard for the homeless to vote, so evictions will support the Republican efforts to suppress voting by people of color and the working poor.
paranormal over 3 years ago
Why shouldn’t landlords lose money like lots of other people?
Ivan Araque over 3 years ago
#Winning