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Ramona Agin's avatar

Robert, I know you’re absolutely correct but, what do we do? How do we get the message to right people in Washington to stop this madness? To break up the corporate monopolies? To stop the rising interest rates? To get things back on track? The System is so broken that it seems downright impossible to change the trajectory of things. It’s depressing. Powell seems he’ll bent on breaking the backs of every day Americans to reach his impossible goal. He’s not stupid. He has to see what is obvious to you and the rest of us. He reads the numbers. Why is he doing this? Is he just another power hungry politician? Obsessed with his own agenda? I’m no economist but, even I can see that the economy is improving and that we don’t need further rate hikes. The man is obviously not stupid. Inflation is coming down. Corporations are gouging consumers and our representatives are doing nothing to stop them. These monopolies have to be broken up for the good of all and the health of our country and the people. We can’t keep existing like this. The inequalities between the rich and the poor are so huge now that we barely have a voice anymore.

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Ian's avatar

This is one of the reasons it can be so tough to keep supporting Dems. It's clear the corporate friendly strategy isn't working for actual people, so what will they do? Keep it going with no lessons learned. No meaningful effort to stop corporate greed. No effort to take back the trillions that have been taken from the millions struggling due to the failure of government to reign in monopolies and consolidated industries.

Then, Dems will stand around wondering why so much misery and anger has built up that the GOP will get massive support from voters who are told the Dems are responsible for that pain. And so it goes...

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