A primer on how we get screwed by the rich via taxes, bonds, media, and politicians.

The rich did not get wealthy from their work or merit. Americans continue to be the raw material that they use. Here is how.

A primer on how we get screwed by the rich.

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Summary

The speaker exposes how U.S. tax, debt, and trade policies funnel wealth upward, arguing that Republicans slash taxes for the rich, borrow the shortfall from those same elites, and then force ordinary taxpayers to cover the interest, creating a hidden subsidy for capital while starving public programs. He warns that tariffs and media disinformation deepen the scam, hurting small businesses and obscuring the class war waged from above.

• Tax‐cut deception: GOP lawmakers pass top-heavy tax cuts, refuse to offset them with program cuts, and blow up the deficit.
• Bond-market siphon: Rich investors and foreign creditors buy Treasuries, collecting a trillion dollars in annual interest funded by workers’ taxes.
• Media complicity: Six mega-corporations dominate the news, downplaying corporate predation, such as Monsanto’s seed lawsuits, while perpetuating myths of “fiscal responsibility.”
• Tariff fallout: Trump’s 145 % duties on Chinese goods raise prices for small firms, threaten U.S. jobs, and still pad corporate profits.
• Rigged meritocracy: Capital gains enjoy lower tax rates than wages, DEI is scapegoated, and the “good-old-boy” network still decides who prospers.

In short, the host lays bare a system designed by and for the rich: corporations privatize gains, socialize risks, and weaponize media narratives to keep everyday Americans fighting over crumbs instead of demanding structural change.

The complete article is here on my Substack.

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