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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: weatherman ✹  😊 😞
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Subject: frontline 'choice' flop
Date: 09/26/24 8:22 PM
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in a very rare miss, PBS frontline ran its regular episode regarding the head-to-head presidential candidates, and missed the forest.
trumps' leading polling issue is that he is somehow much better for the economy by virtue of being a good business man.

if there was ever an easily swatted GOP myth, it was this, and was barely mentioned in the episode.
trump regularly displays his lack of grasp of economics now (and during his term) but the businessman myth is even more ludicrous.


forget the gimmick sales-of-the month MAGA grift, there is the real decades-long history of his businesses and utter lack of capital allocation skills. sure, the frontline episode did illuminate some other less publicized information, but hardly enough to make up for this oversight.

en.wikipedia.org - Lucky Loser(book)

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