Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor 'Dead'

Thursday, August 06, 2026

Despite data to the contrary, the Treasury Secretary made the case that the K-shaped economy no longer exists.

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-- Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 7:48 AM Â· Aug 6, 2026

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I'm just eternally grateful that the 2024 Democrats paid strict attention to the millions and millions of pacifists, pro-Palestine volunteers, and peace Samaritans to hold on to their incumbency on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 or Amerikkka would be run by rapacious oligarchs and pathological warmongers today.

Whew!

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-06 10:04 AM | Reply

Completely divorced from reality.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2026-08-06 10:11 AM | Reply

What's wrong with these poor people?!?

Can't they just sell one of their six homes???

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-06 10:46 AM | Reply

Fuck these slimy assholes

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-06 11:58 AM | Reply

Just checking: racism is now also over, right?

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-06 12:48 PM | Reply

Fuck these slimy assholes

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-06 11:58 AM | Reply

Maybe if you put down that video game controller and actually got a job, not that anyone would hire you, you might feel differently.

#6 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-08-06 12:48 PM | Reply

As a guy with 2 jobs, and a controller, I'm offended. LOL

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-08-06 12:49 PM | Reply

Re 6

Why put down the controller if you like using controllers?

AI is coming (reminder to old man Fish).

Be creative.

You can get a job using a video game controller these days.

Several professions use video game controllers directly for testing, entertainment hosting, or operating remote machinery, while cognitive skills from gaming are actively recruited for high-focus fields like Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-06 12:58 PM | Reply

Good-for-nothing mega-oligarch Scott Bessent is worth $600m.

We have Americans who can't afford toilet paper, muchless their health insurance premiums, people selling plasma to make ends meet (causing a blood shortage at the American Red Cross), four million hungry people kicked off SNAP benefits, folks using PayPal just to buy groceries that are under-nutritious and ultra-processed anyway, and this rakshasa pules that the "gap between the rich and the poor is over."

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-06 12:58 PM | Reply

Mission Accomplished.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-06 01:04 PM | Reply

Nutshell:

Rich White Guy Helping to Ruin the Country Sez Rich White Guys Are Not Helping to Ruin the Country.

#11 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-08-06 01:13 PM | Reply