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   mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 22:20:56 JST mark

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   • Grassroots Joe

   @joeinwynnewood I almost spit my coffee laughing at the part where an extravagant apartment cost $44 million in today's money.

   I learned that the tariffs pushed WW2 , and that hoarding so much wealth at the top prevents a consumer driven economy (it's obvious after you see it).

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     Grassroots Joe (joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 22:20:57 JST Grassroots Joe

     "By pointing to McKinley’s presidency to justify his economic plan, Trump gives away the game. The McKinley years were those of the Gilded Age, in which industrialists amassed fortunes that they spent in spectacular displays."

     You think wealth inequality is bad now?
     Trump's tariffs would make it WAY worse.

     Read on to learn what history has to teach us about what Trump's tariffs would really do.

     October 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
     https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-2024