Is America being run like a “mom-and-pop shop”?

No, it's being run like a private equity fund. In a nutshell, private equity borrows a ton of money to buy an existing profitable business, then cuts expenses to the bone, fires as many people …

Top stories for Long   Is America being run like a "mom-and-pop shop"? Steven Haddock, B.A. in Political Science • Answered February 15 No, it's being run like a private equity fund. In a nutshell, private equity borrows a ton of money to buy an existing profitable business, then cuts expenses to the bone, f... Read more » 517 31   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why is America losing the tech war with China? KokHin Lim, Self Employed at Multi Institution (2000-present) • Updated September 26, 2023 The truth! The U.S. can win if they compete on who is better in plundering, looting, stealing, abusing nations, regime change, orchestrating demonstrations and coups and uni... Read more » 102 12   Were you deathly ill but didn't know until you went to the hospital and they told you? Cheryl Berube, Graphic Artist Pizza Lover and Food-aholic. (2009-present) • Answered March 13, 2024 Yes. I was taking a walk one time and got a sharp pain in my right calf. I thought I might have strained a muscle and thought nothing of it. Over the ensuing months I starte... Read more » 234 21   Why is there so much resistance to DOGE investigation? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered February 10 Investigation? What investigation? If you want to audit a department's finances, you bring in accountants and auditors. You don't need to copy data from computers onto an u... Read more » 925 140   Why did Harrison Ford become such a movie superstar post-Star Wars despite limited acting range, while co-stars Hamill and Fisher simply faded away? Jon Mixon, Well over 13,000 movies by now. • Updated January 10, 2022 Question: Why did Harrison Ford become such a movie superstar post-Star Wars despite limited acting range, while co-stars Hamill and Fisher simply faded away? While I have t... Read more » 5K 80   What are your thoughts on Trump refusing to debate Kamala Harris again? Marsha Lee, former Retired • Answered September 12 He's exhausted from having to behave at the first debate. It took everything in his entire fat sloppy being not to call her some very disturbing names. If you paid any atte... Read more » 231 26   Was Elon Musk's government-funded project to find wasteful government spending unsuccessful? Tomaž Vargazon, Practicing atheist • Answered February 9 He isn't uncovering the waste. Look at the USAID incident. He came in with the authority to check everything, hung around for two days and came to a conclusion it's all bad ... Read more » 1.6K 327   Who is the most powerful figure in U.S. history? Silk Road, Physics/History Connoisseur • Answered October 30, 2023 You might think he's just some dude on the $10 bill, but he's way more than that. He was a founding father, a war hero, a financial genius, and a political visionary. He sha... Read more » 1K 94   Why can't we run engines off of water? Can't science easily convert H20 to Hydrogen? And I thought we had lots of hydrogen engines already. Is is too complex or energy intensive to convert? Always wondered, thanks. C Stuart Hardwick, Scifi author and science nerd. • Answered February 12 Why can't we run engines off of water? We can. Aside from cracking the water into hydrogen and oxygen, you could react it with an alkali metal, a metal hydride, certain salt... Read more » 59   Besides the wolf/dog, are there any other animals that we have domesticated that look and act completely different than the original animal? Krister Sundelin, lives in Gothenburg, Sweden • Answered November 23 Hello, Chrissy N. ! You betcha: the modern domesticated cow, with its oversized udder: …doesn't look very similar to the ancient aurochs: Speaking of udders, the udders in wil... Read more » 985 88   Should parents who refuse to give their kids Ritalin or other ADHD medications against doctors' recommendations have their parental rights terminated? Danielle McKinney, Mother to a 9 year old skater girl and a 5 year old Nana's boy • Updated September 18, 2018 I was diagnosed with severe ADD/ADHD combined, along with a few other things, when I was about 10. my mom, a single mother of two girls with one on the way, didn't know Jac... Read more » 226 47   If pi goes on forever, does that mean that we can never get an accurate measurement of the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle? Siegfried Sassoon, Reader of Nelson McKeeby and Mercedes Lackey. • Updated January 18 There are some good answers here but let me give you an answer that got me thrown out of high school finite math and ended my k-12 education career, Past ten decimal digits ... Read more » 459 41 Read more in your feed

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