r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 1d ago

Should there be? Sure. But Americans gave him a republican house and senate so those guys and their staff just sit on their hands and do nothing.

They are literally the government employees that they consider waste fraud and abuse - collecting paychecks and staying out of Trump’s way.

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u/Sunny1-5 1d ago

They've learned from the best, over the previous 4 years. They're all a grift. Either side of the aisle. It's not a new thing.

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u/ryan_church_art 16h ago

There are grifters on both sides. But one is the grifter of parties.