Two stories are told. One is that government must help people. The other is that government must get out of the way.
Both stories are told by the wealthy.
CNN, 9 January 2024, has Trump saying "I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover." CNN adds: "The US
stock market crashed during former President Herbert Hoover’s first year in office in 1929, which
signaled the beginning of the Great Depression." See my work on the Trump Depression
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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"The trouble with being the friend of the poor is that you need them to be poor always so you can be their well-paid friend forever." -- Sackerson
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