Robert Reich: Greed needs guardrails! https://robertreich.substack.com/p/greed-needs-guardrails?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=df9r
Imagine looking at the state of healthcare and the poverty rate among the elderly in this country and thinking to yourself:
"Let's gut Medicare and slash Social Security. Oh, and for good measure, give tax cuts to the already wealthy!"
It's just cruel.
Since leaving office, Donald Trump has funneled nearly $1 million worth of donor money to his own properties.
He continues to dupe his supporters into forking over money to line his own pockets.
In the first month of 2023, stock buybacks hit $132 billion — the highest total ever to start a year.
Instead of using their profits to raise worker pay or invest in job growth, corporations often use them to pad the pockets of wealthy execs and shareholders.