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 (DIR) Post #B4Wdfn9FFM5jB6slwe by heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
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       Attorney General Bonta Talks Tariffs, Economic Concerns with Central Valley Business Leaders https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-talks-tariffs-economic-concerns-central-valley-business
       
 (DIR) Post #B4WdfnY3l5wOQ4Uaci by Npars01@mstdn.social
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       @heidilifeldman We used to be able to have rational discussions with business leaders.We used to describe the consequences of the obvious to their policy agenda and convince them to course correct.Enlightened self-interest isn't in the driver's seat anymore.They conduct themselves more like a barbarian horde's smash & grab that looted & pillaged Rome. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/private-equity-apollo-blackstone-kkr-carlyle-carried-interest-loophole/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/opinion/private-equity-inequality.htmlhttps://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-looting-of-us-foreign-policyReminder: private equity is often foreign despot money1/
       
 (DIR) Post #B4Wdfo2XvkKLwckw8u by Npars01@mstdn.social
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       2/https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/nations-dont-get-rich-by-plunderinghttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/private-equity-buyout-kkr-houdaille/https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-takeover-and-thehttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1286133.shtmlThis didn't age well...https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/06/trump-is-no-threat-to-democracy-according-to-historian-niall-ferguson.htmlPuplic perception of America's business reputation is in tatters because of Trump's megadonors. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/dirty-money-united-states-bahamas-sioux-falls-financial-crimes/Government incentivized financial crisis is now embedded in business management philosophy. https://archive.ph/iIkOo
       
 (DIR) Post #B4WdfoT8KtavH5CAaG by SueDiOh@mastodon.social
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       @Npars01   And yet somehow, the national debt just increased to $39 billion. So where's it all going?#FollowTheMoney