Much of the economy is controlled by what the FED does, which is privately owned by approximately 750 people, many of them not Americans. :eyebrow:

Now, Bruce, my boy, we don't talk about or question that. You love Mom and apple pie, don't you?

Nah, I ain't seein' that. Seems to me he's just correctin' or over-ridin' some of the planning of the previous administration.

Mebbe so. Speakin' only for me, as a small business, I don't feel particularly controlled; don't see that my lil chunk of the economy is laborin' under sombody's else boot. If we had a legit state-socialism, I suspect I would.

If you don't: you should.

Mom is dead, apple is a ways down the list of favorites, the flag is just colored cloth and most are not very absorbent so of limited use.
But I do love this country and I'm sad/angry about how a few people are abusing it.

Henry the FED controls the economy and every business large and small is affected by that.

My ma lives, apples are a fixture in my living, my Gadsden flies high, I love this country too, I'm irked folks wanna turn it into Venezuela, and I said control not affect (I'm affected, not controlled).

If someone smooth talks you into making a bad business decision, or holds a gun to your head forcing you to make that same bad decision, does it really make a difference? Intellectually, philosophically yes but economically no.

You aren't controlled directly but controlling the economy they indirectly do control all businesses that depends on customers. Unless you're selling epipens or insulin and your customers don't have much choice, the economy causes customers to feel whether they can spring for optional things or not.

I get the impression that trump is trying to exert more control over the economy regardless of collateral damage to anyone else.

sure, Bruce, whatever you say
 

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Henry, like Trump, wants to "wreck shit". Since Trump lies repeatedly, then he will not admit so. Henry is more honest.

Libertarianism is corrosive all by its lonesome.

Good lord! Hell just froze over!

Yeah, I don't care, Bruce.

Depends on the strain of libertarianism.