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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p><p>(2/2)</p><p>Here's the whole story:</p><p>"*The clandestine logic behind "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a>"</p><p>"The Origin of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentDebt</span></a>:*"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109730219700294592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1097</span><span class="invisible">30219700294592</span></a></p>
Yonhap Infomax News<p>Historical analysis shows stock market performance as key indicator of political leaders' success, from Reagan's Dow Jones surge to Deng's market revival and Kim Dae-jung's KOSPI reforms<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalLeadership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicReforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicReforms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketPerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarketPerformance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64173" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=64173</span></a></p>
Radio_Jem<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Turntwo363" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Turntwo363</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rbreich</span></a></span> </p><p>They havent moved to the Centre<br>They moved to the right.</p><p>We now have a right wing and an ultra right wing party.</p><p>There is no centrist or leftist party any more.</p><p>Even <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> would be seen as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> by the current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> </p><p>THey spent the 20th century breaking communism, using the cover of "democracy" and freedom.<br>Now they are destroying centrism and freedom, revealing they were fascist all the time.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>👉The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DumbingOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingOfAmerica</span></a>: The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StultificationOfThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StultificationOfThePeople</span></a>👈</p><p>(2/2)</p><p>... dumber the people, the more easily they can be controlled, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeOrwell</span></a><br>discovered decades ago.</p><p>//</p><p>1)<br>Dumbing of America:<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/08/31/how-did-we-get-here-the-dumbing-of-america-from-reagan-to-and-beyond/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2023/08/31/how-did-w</span><span class="invisible">e-get-here-the-dumbing-of-america-from-reagan-to-and-beyond/</span></a></p><p>2)<br>👉*The clandestine logic behind "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a>"👈<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109730219700294592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1097</span><span class="invisible">30219700294592</span></a></p><p>3) If you like a good, high-school senior level of the 👉<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alignment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alignment</span></a> of German society👈 by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> in the 1930's, I recommend this: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113908931207716944" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1139</span><span class="invisible">08931207716944</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>//</p>
KSev 🇳🇴🌻🚲 :donor:<p>Republican economics my entire life:<br>Stick it to middle income Americans and tell them Democrats are to blame. <br>Wash. Rinse. Repeat. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SupplySide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplySide</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Voodoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voodoo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trickleDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trickleDown</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>LATE IN YEAR TWO of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a>'s first term (Oct on 1982), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> SKYROCKETED to 10.8% as he slashed the size of gov't.</p><p>He then went on a gov't hiring binge, dramatically growing gov't just to lower unemployment. FOR YEARS afterward, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> praised "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a>" for lowering unemployment to 7.2% (the lowest in his 8 years.)</p><p>I FEAR THIS IS THE PLAN OF T****'S HANDLERS. Massive firing. Massive job loss. Spike unemployment, then rehire all those people &amp; soak up the praise. 🤦‍♂️</p>
Megaphone :verified:<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Missouri?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Farmer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farmer</a> Will Westmoreland lays out how the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/GOP?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> has spent 40+ years dismantling trust in media and government—starting with <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Reagan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reagan</a>’s repeal of the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FairnessDoctrine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairnessDoctrine</a>—paving the way for <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FoxNews?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoxNews</a> and right-wing radio. Now, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Project2025?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> threatens small farmers by slashing subsidies and favoring corporate ag. Will urges <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/MAGA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> farmer Skyler to fact-check, see the lies, and <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FightBack?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FightBack</a>—not as a <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Democrat?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a>, but as a farmer protecting his future. ‘Culture wars over well-being’ is the real trap. 🌾🚜 <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FarmersSpeakOut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarmersSpeakOut</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/TruthMatters?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TruthMatters</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/AgPolicy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgPolicy</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/CorporateFarming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporateFarming</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/RuralAmerica?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuralAmerica</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/SmallFarmsMatter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallFarmsMatter</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Reaganomics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reaganomics</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/GOPLies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPLies</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/IndependentFarmers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndependentFarmers</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/RuralVoices?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuralVoices</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/AgNews?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgNews</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ResistProject2025?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistProject2025</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/WakeUp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WakeUp</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/RuralAmerica?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuralAmerica</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FoxNewsLies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoxNewsLies</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FarmersFirst?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarmersFirst</a>
Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@danwentzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danwentzel</span></a></span> </p><p>Relevant Graph...</p><p>"Reaganomics - a rising tide lifts all yachts."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a></p>
Bluedepth<p>Here is a handy GIF showing how the next four years, and likely the rest of the time America will be not-a-total-wasteland will go. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrepareForASlowAgonizingFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrepareForASlowAgonizingFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrickleDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrickleDown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooCowardlyToJustEndIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooCowardlyToJustEndIt</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Ronald Reagan’s real legacy, charted and graphed. Spoiler: It’s not the bedtime story we’ve been told. </p><p>A visual breakdown of the inequality, debt, and mass incarceration still shaping our lives. </p><p>'Trickle-down' economics was never real. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RonaldReagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonaldReagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrickleDownEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrickleDownEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrickleDownTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrickleDownTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrickleDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrickleDown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WealthGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthGap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incarceration</span></a></p>
Tanquist<p>I sometimes wondered how Ronald Reagan was transformed from a Hollywood actor to the father of our neoliberal economic disaster.<br>I just finished listening to Ginger Strand's phenomenal biography, "The Brothers Vonnegut" which revealed that General Electric hired him as a public relations hack and then radicalized him.<br>Kurt and his scientist brother, Bernard, were also employed by GE for a time, but they managed to hold on to their humanity.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KurtVonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KurtVonnegut</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a></p>
Tim Locke 🇨🇦♥🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p><a href="https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/do-you-feel-any-richer-today-trickle-down-policies-of-the-1980s-are-nonsense/article_3da72c64-86a6-5a13-b296-2305826e184c.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thespec.com/opinion/contributo</span><span class="invisible">rs/do-you-feel-any-richer-today-trickle-down-policies-of-the-1980s-are-nonsense/article_3da72c64-86a6-5a13-b296-2305826e184c.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ukpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reagan</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mulroney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mulroney</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thatcher</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/friedman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friedman</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/trickledown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trickledown</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wealthdisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthdisparity</span></a></p>
Dwaine Dowland<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrickleDownHoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrickleDownHoax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeoCons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoCons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthDistribution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/01/tax-cuts-for-wealthy-impact-lse-study/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weforum.org/stories/2021/01/ta</span><span class="invisible">x-cuts-for-wealthy-impact-lse-study/</span></a></p>
xs4me2<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> is why we ended up in the problems we are in now, it’s that simple…</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/why-donald-trump-won-election-white-house/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">11/why-donald-trump-won-election-white-house/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
xs4me2<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DrALJONES</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> is why we ended up in the problems we are in now, it’s that simple…</p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>From 1978–2023, top CEO compensation increased 1,085%, adjusted for inflation.</p><p>The typical worker’s compensation increased 24%. </p><p>“The realized CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 290-to-1 in 2023, in stark contrast to the 21-to-1 ratio in 1965.”</p><p>Top marginal tax rate in 1978: 70%. Now: 37%. </p><p>Chart: CEO-to-worker compensation ratio, 1965–2023</p><p><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in</span><span class="invisible">-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incomeInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incomeInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reaganomics</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>As <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> struggle in <a href="https://c.im/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> to surpass expectations of crazy <a href="https://c.im/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJ</span></a> rhetoric, it is important to note <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is at historic near all time low hovering around 4%. Current stats show 254,000 jobs added in September tally alone. </p><p>Remember that under right wing <a href="https://c.im/tags/GoodOlDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodOlDays</span></a> hero of my youth, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> years meant radical <a href="https://c.im/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> recession leaving 10% of eligible <a href="https://c.im/tags/jobseekers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobseekers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOL</span></a>. </p><p>And don't forget, when <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> left office, the brutality beholden <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnemploymentRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnemploymentRate</span></a> was hovering at 14.8% </p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3BIOe8A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">on.ft.com/3BIOe8A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Linkshare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linkshare</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@Barbramon1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Barbramon1</span></a></span></p><p>I agree with you 💯 %.<br>However, this will only happen over many Republican dead bodies.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> realized this, and they have gone down this path ever since:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113205089642233141" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1132</span><span class="invisible">05089642233141</span></a></p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@JustOneMoreThing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JustOneMoreThing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@coastgnu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>coastgnu</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@theintercept" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theintercept</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ThomHartmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ThomHartmann</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagonomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagonomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p><p>(2/2)</p><p>...inflicted on this country for the past 43 years:"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112875414830140318" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1128</span><span class="invisible">75414830140318</span></a>.</p><p>For those asking how long this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> strategy that led up to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> movement had been going on, I would like to point out this important thread:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598555451884508" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1125</span><span class="invisible">98555451884508</span></a></p><p>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicanism</span></a></p><p>(1/n)</p><p>I guess it makes a lot of sense to remind people of 👉why this rightwing backlash happened, strategically speaking.👈</p><p>I'm therefore linking to an insightful article by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JonSchwarz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JonSchwarz</span></a> from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@theintercept" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theintercept</span></a></span>, which I threaded:</p><p>👉*The clandestine logic behind "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a>"</p><p>"The Origin of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentDebt</span></a>:*👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109730219700294592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1097</span><span class="invisible">30219700294592</span></a></p><p>...as well as a more current look at the issue by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ThomHartmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ThomHartmann</span></a></span> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOA</span></a> and "...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> have...</p>