We live in an age of cartoon villains.
As Americans lose their jobs and can& #39;t pay their bills, the president is taking their tax money to... pay himself to play golf. #click=https://t.co/AieBfxDIi2">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-virus-outbreak-secret-service-signed-contract-to-rent-golf-carts-at-home-of-trump-club/2020/04/01/86d249fe-7449-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html #click=https://t.co/AieBfxDIi2">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
On a day where SIX AND A HALF MILLION job losses were announced, the Dow Jones... rose over 450 points.
Another billionaire heroically volunteered to provide ventilators to hospitals, and instead delivered a bunch of lookalike sleep apnea machines that cost a fraction as much. (Granted, this one is more of a hapless comic villain. But still: cartoonish.) https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/01/1585782924000/Elon-Musk-promised-ventilators--These-are-BPAP-machines-/">https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/0...
Senators briefed about the oncoming pandemic and economic collapse raced... to their brokers, where they quickly traded a bunch of stocks in order to make a quick buck. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/1/21202900/kelly-loeffler-stock-sales-coronavirus-pandemic">https://www.vox.com/policy-an...
Everywhere you look, the rich and powerful are racing around, stuffing their pockets full of dollars, stuffing their friends& #39; pockets full of dollars, and then hiding in their mansions from the tidal wave of death and devastation that& #39;s about to hit the rest of us.
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