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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com
Jul 8, 04:22 AM

Here's Trump doing communism for the rich again, using the power of the government to promote megacorporations like Dell that don't need more money, while the rugged capitalist "free market" which is a draconian neoslavery, antimeritocracy system makes the poor poorer and the sick sicker, by design.

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"$1,000 each into the Trump accounts of over 500,000 American children. That's a lot. And millions more will be getting additional contributions from generous donors like, as I mentioned, Michael and Susan Dell. They are truly incredible people. Go out and buy a Dell computer. He's not doing it for that. But I'll bet his business, Brad, has gotten even bigger. I have a son that loves their laptop. I have to tell you, knowing one Dell, we're going to get him that money back one way or the other. And then I'll ask for another $6,250,000. We'll start the whole process all over again. Now, he makes an incredible product, and right from the beginning. And Brad Gerstner has been pushing this, so he's a very successful man. Not quite as famous as the Dell family, right, of Michael, but you are. He's an amazingly successful guy. And he's put up a tremendous amount of money. And again, I want to thank Michael and all of the companies that have already called me. And they're putting up a lot of money. This is nothing. This is not me. And putting the name on it was not my idea. That was a whole group of people that passed legislation because this is all made possible only by the passage of the great, big, beautiful bill. And I knew that this was happening, but I didn't know. All of a sudden, I see my name on it in the bill, but I'm very proud to have my name. They think it would sell. They said it'll sell better if your name's on. I said, look, leave it on, but I did not ask for it. Michael, is that a correct name? Did I ever go to you and say, Michael, don't put up the money unless they use my name? No. But I have done that in other cases. I will tell you. In certain other cases, I've done that. Right, Scott? But not in this case. This is a very special kind of a thing that took place. In a way, it's a miracle. Nobody thought it was possible."

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · Jul 6, 02:30 PM

Here's Trump doing communism for the rich again, using the power of the government to promote megacorporations like Dell that don't need more money, while the rugged capitalist "free market" which is a draconian neoslavery, antimeritocracy system makes the poor poorer and the sick sicker, by design.

<div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:zyx7xl3rpumujaw4qq264zhv/bafkreihthb22clgm3h2irijxzedcdlzb3qiawsrut3q5rto47kurwtv3qa" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Anu</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@nofirstorder.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 03:08 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Look at the faces of the people behind him⁠. Even they know that trying to spin corporate welfare as a “kids” investment program is a stretch, but hey, a photo-op is a photo-op.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:sngmy5ao7ggbkbecs4ldey74/bafkreidpjlt7ae2fkdf6yts5vqljgqbixehdmgun2qu4u3f2w26vrkpoki" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Jasmine’s Dad</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@hohsir.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 07:48 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Makes note to self. Never buy any product that has the letters D,E,Lx2 on it.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div>