05/15/2026
Honorable mentions ⬇️
1910 – Jekyll Island meeting; the Federal Reserve is born
1919 – Dodge v. Ford; shareholders officially come before people
1929–39 – Wall Street profits while America starves
1944 – Bretton Woods; we promise gold we didn’t have and lied to the world.
1971 – Nixon closes the gold window; the lie ends, the inflation begins.
Zoning regulations fully embedded nationwide that were inherently racist, classist, and complicated by design
Effecting minorities nationwide for generations since.
1981–89 – Trickle-down.
Union busting.
Corporate deregulation.
Tax reform rewrites the tax code.
1993 – NAFTA; sent workers over borders
1995 – Telecom Act; consolidation of media and communication
1999 – Glass-Steagall repealed; banks become casinos
2001 – Private equity quietly surpasses Wall Street for economic control
2004 – SEC margin rule change; banks bet with money they don’t have
2008 – First great bailout. TARP. Too big to fail. Too connected to jail.
2010 – Citizens United; money becomes free speech, super PACs become power
The carried interest loophole, goes untouched.
Antitrust unenforced.
No federal housing plan.
Nothing for first time buyers.
No builder relief.
Foreign buyers unchecked.
Food prices up. Fuel prices up.
Subsidies for billionaires.
This isn’t red vs. blue.
It’s a historic pattern of greed dressed up as innovative policy, that pre dates all of us.
