Howard Lutnick's family firm bought up the rights to tariff refunds for 20-30 cents on the dollar after Liberation Day last year. Today, for every $100 invested, Lutnick's sons just made 3-5x.

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Consumerism ahhhhh moment - Lemmy

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Like, these people need to be hunted down and shot right? They’re opening robbing the entire population.
These wealthy people dedicate their entire lives to cheating and scamming and exploiting people, and they become experts at it.
So, they knew this was coming, and set themselves up to benefit from it. That makes it a crime.
This why it’s a mistake to dismiss these people as being incompetent buffoons. They know exactly what they’re doing. What’s important to understand is that they don’t give a shit about the country or the public. All they care about is enriching themselves as much as possible. They are parasites in the most literal sense.
US has history’s most corrupt government