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The Home Depot's Billionaire Co-Founder Blamed 'Socialism' for Making Americans 'Too Lazy, Too Fat, Too Stupid' to Work — 'Nobody Gives A Damn'

As co-founder of The Home Depot, Bernie Marcus helped build the world's largest home improvement retailer from scratch. But in one of his final interviews before his death last November, Marcus made it clear he didn't think that kind of success could happen again—not in today's economy.

Benzinga

Bernie Marcus, The Home Depot co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, dies at 95

Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the co-founder of The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement chain, a billionaire philanthropist, and a big Republican donor, has died

The Independent UK

Anthony Pratt, the Australian billionaire Trump accused of getting nuclear secrets from Trump, has a net worth of $9 billion from a cardboard company he inherited from his father

Pratt spent years getting in the good graces of former President Trump, who called him a “red haired weirdo” this weekend.

Fortune

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Ditching the young entrepreneur myth: research shows over-50s are the more radical innovators

Julie Wainwright – working as a CEO for almost two decades – was in her mid-50s when she created The RealReal platform for secondhand luxury. Harland Sanders was 62 when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant chain, and Bernie Marcus was 50 when opening the first Home Depot home-improvement…

The Conversation

Donald Trump says he'll NEVER drop out of 2024 presidential race - even if convicted

Speaking to Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, who is the first former president to face indictment, said he would 'never drop out' as it's not his 'thing'

Daily Mirror

Critics blame ESG for Silicon Valley Bank failure

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

GOP: "Woke" ideology caused SVB collapse

Trump-era Dodd-Frank rollback contributed to Silicon Valley Bank's downfall

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Biden unlikely to bail out Silicon Valley Bank, as right claims it failed because it was ‘woke’

Second-largest bank collapse in US history met with eyerolls in Washington

The Independent UK

Trump-supporting billionaire Home Depot founder says 'nobody works anymore' because of 'socialism'

Bernie Marcus told the FT he’s worried about how “nobody gives a damn” anymore. “Just give it to me. Send me money. I don’t want to work—I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid.”

Fortune

Home Depot founder complains Americans are now lazy, don’t want to work and it’s all socialism’s fault

“Nobody works, nobody gives a damn,” says billionaire Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Trump backed failed campaign coup against Kushner, Navarro book says

Ex-adviser says president agreed son-in-law had to be replaced by Steve Bannon in summer 2020 but did not dare try to fire him

The Guardian - US

‘The socialists are taking over,’ Whole Foods CEO John Mackey laments

Libertarian co-founder of Amazon-owned grocery chain, who once compared Obamacare to fascism, is to retire in September

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