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Economy

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)

5. Exactly

Reply to peppertree (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 29, 2023, 02:00 PM

Nov 2023

The Republican financies see that there are huge profits to be made in disasters if you are in positions of power to take advantage. Look at how the Banks that caused the great recession were able to use their bail out money to scoop up depreciated homes and homes where the owner couldn't pay the mortgages.

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