# America's great economic "boom" exposed for what it was: the great American fraud

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**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772 "2020-03-31T23:22:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772/78 "2020-04-04T14:26:30Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> {…} And even if he is, why does that make his opinion worthless? I’d argue that experience makes him better informed. Bill and Melinda Gates are rich; are their views therefore also worthless?

This is what makes asahi, and his opinion worthless,

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42195):
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> {…} I want COVID-19 to be bad. A total fucking disaster. I want the economy and the health system to collapse. I wish it didn’t have to come to this, but it does. {…}

Get back to me when you find a similar quote from Bill Gates wishing death and destruction on the people he claims to be championing.

CMC fnord!

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