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bigtree

(94,575 posts) Wed May 6, 2026, 11:44 AM 6 hrs ago

Or, maybe they're all just privileged, moral and social nihilists.

Fred Wellman @FPWellman
He’s smiling. He’s celebrating that we are all maxing out our credit cards because they have torched the economy. He’s not smiling for working people. He’s happy for the corporations and billionaires. It’s good for them. We can all die poor... @WellmanForMO

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Or, maybe they're all just privileged, moral and social nihilists. (Original Post) bigtree 6 hrs ago OP

There's a perfect specimen of a Backpfeifengesicht. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #1

Hasset doesn't have a very good reputation as an economist- that's why Trump likes him Redleg 4 hrs ago #2

Ocelot II

(131,090 posts)

1. There's a perfect specimen of a Backpfeifengesicht.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:24 PM

5 hrs ago

Don't you just itch to wipe that condescending smile right off his smug fat face?

Redleg

(7,008 posts)

2. Hasset doesn't have a very good reputation as an economist- that's why Trump likes him