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Social Media Tech CEOs who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of tariffs

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-bezos-musk-zuckerberg-b2727147.html
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u/ovirt001 19h ago edited 19h ago

There was a period of a few decades where taxes and regulations reined in wealth concentration. Since the 80s that has been carefully rolled back.

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u/newbie527 19h ago

We need another Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We need a newer deal.

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u/beardicusmaximus8 19h ago

Nah we need a new Teddy Roosevelt. Tear up the big businesses and rebuild America on the world stage.

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u/newbie527 17h ago

Teddy started the tear down of the Gilded Age. FDR built the foundations of a New Age for America.