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vanessa_ca

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10. Yeah. "Trump Executive Order to Help Open Up 401(k)s to Private Markets"

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:48 AM

Jul 17

Trump Executive Order to Help Open Up 401(k)s to Private Markets
U.S. defined-contribution plans held $12.4 trillion in assets at the end of 2024

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/trump-executive-order-to-help-open-up-401-k-s-to-private-markets-c90c6788

The unregulated private equity industry is gaining access to workers' 401k plans where they'll collect massive fees at our expense. One bad day on Wall Street and all of our money is wiped out.

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The White House just announced Trump will be signing executive orders tomorrow, w/out saying what they're about [View all] highplainsdem Jul 16 OP

I doubt the Pisswig knows either dweller Jul 16 #1

He'll tell his cult how to wipe their ass dalton99a Jul 16 #2

Trying to distract from Epstein. Raven123 Jul 16 #3

Yup they have a stash of these ready for him newdeal2 Jul 16 #4

Declaring MUSSOLINI the first statue in his rock garden? UTUSN Jul 16 #5

He needs a photo op where he can dictate the narrative, to distract and derail. RockRaven Jul 16 #6

Something outrageous ThoughtCriminal Jul 16 #7

Dunno... sheshe2 Jul 16 #8

Based on his Twoofs (or whatever the hell they're calling them) earlier today... Hugin Jul 17 #9

Yeah. "Trump Executive Order to Help Open Up 401(k)s to Private Markets" vanessa_ca Jul 17 #10