If you're counting on a pension or the STONK Market to fund your retirement or cost of living in the still-corrupted Biden Admin economy, you better keep an eye on these gangster thugs.
WALL STREET IS COLLAPSING COMPANIES FOR PROFIT—AGAIN Joann’s, Party City, Big Lots—profitable stores, but all going bankrupt. Why? Because Private Equity loaded them with debt they knew they couldn’t survive.
They call it “back floating rate debt”—adjustable-rate loans disguised under a new name. When interest rates rise, businesses crumble, while PE firms walk away rich.
The worst part? That toxic debt gets bundled into financial products and sold to pension funds—just like 2008. This isn’t just retail. Private Equity controls healthcare, real estate, food supply, and more—all stacked with the same financial time bomb.
Trump says he’ll close the loophole fueling this scam. Will he? Or will America get robbed again? [source: VinoMom]
🚨 THE NEXT 2008 IS HAPPENING NOW 🚨
Party City. Joann’s. Forever 21. Big Lots. ALL COLLAPSING.
But this isn’t just “retail struggling.” This is financial arson.
Private equity rigged the system. They built a time bomb. And now? It’s detonating.
1. THE BOMBSHELL
What if I told you…
Joann’s has 97% of its stores still profitable. Hooters was making money. Party City? Cash positive stores.
And yet, they’re all going bankrupt.
WHY?
Because Private Equity is using a weaponized version of the 2008 playbook.
2. THE 2008 PARALLEL
In 2008, Wall Street used adjustable-rate mortgages to sink the economy.
They hid toxic debt inside financial products called CDOs (Collateralized Debt Obligations).
When rates adjusted, people defaulted, markets crashed, and pensions tanked.
That same disaster is happening again—but this time, it’s hidden inside Private Equity. ⬇️
3. INTRODUCING “BACK FLOATING RATE DEBT”
They don’t call them adjustable-rate loans anymore.
Now, they call them “back floating rate debt.”
Same predatory scam. New name. But way worse.
Because this time, they’ve stacked it on top of businesses instead of homeowners.
And when rates rise, the business collapses instead of the bank. ⬇️
4. JOANN’S: A CAUTIONARY TALE
🔴 Joann’s was NOT failing.
✅ 97% of their stores were profitable. ✅ Sales were strong. ✅ Their customer base was loyal.
So why did they collapse overnight?
Because Private Equity loaded them with “Back Floating Rate Debt”—then let them die. ⬇️
5. THE ADJUSTABLE RATE NIGHTMARE
Joann’s didn’t take on $1B in debt—PE firms did.
And instead of paying it themselves, they forced Joann’s to carry the loan.
At 3% interest, the debt was manageable. At 7.5%, it became a death sentence.
Interest payments tripled. The company collapsed.
And PE firms walked away rich. ⬇️
6. CLOs: THE NEW CDOs
Where did all that toxic debt go?
They bundled it. They packaged it into new financial products called CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations).
Sounds familiar? It should.
This is exactly what they did in 2008 with CDOs.
Except this time, they sold it to pensions. ⬇️
7. HOW THIS THREATENS YOUR RETIREMENT
Your 401(k), your pension fund, your city’s retirement plan?
They own CLOs.
Because Wall Street sold them as “safe” investments.
But just like in 2008, when the defaults start rolling in, it won’t be the rich that suffer—it’ll be YOU. ⬇️
8. PRIVATE EQUITY OWNS EVERYTHING
Think this is just a retail problem?
🚨 Private Equity controls up to 25% of essential industries.
And they’ve stacked all of it with back floating rate debt.
One domino falls—they ALL go down. ⬇️
9. TRUMP WANTS TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE
This entire scam relies on a rigged tax code—the Carried Interest Loophole.
PE firms get taxed less than teachers & firefighters.
Trump says he’ll close this loophole. If he does, it would cut the legs out from under Private Equity’s looting spree. ⬇️
10. THIS IS HOW WE STOP IT
✔ Expose the scam. ✔ Demand the end of the Carried Interest Loophole. ✔ Call out politicians protecting Private Equity. ✔ Stop pension funds from buying CLOs.
If we don’t stop this, we’ll wake up in a country where pensions are drained & essential industries are collapsing.
🚨 The time to act is NOW. ⬇️
11. TRUMP, ARE YOU WATCHING?
@realDonaldTrump You said you’d close the Carried Interest Loophole. If you want to bring Private Equity to heel, now is your chance.
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Carried interest isn’t the only, nor primary culprit. Too-high capital gains taxation, too-high income taxation, too-heavy debt loads (with company’s cashing out by selling to PE firms, knowing the firms will load up on debt) all carry responsibility when a PE levered investment goes south. Inflation (government taxation by Congress and the Federal Reserve) is also culpable, increasing insurance rates, retirement costs, etcetera. Government regulation, Obamacare, ESG, DEI also contribute to driving-up costs. All told, there is much less capital available to service debt, to invest in growth, to share with employees.
Similarly, we've asked the question "Why is Apple valued at $3.2T still in bed with blackrock when they don't need anyone's money?"
Carried interest isn’t the only, nor primary culprit. Too-high capital gains taxation, too-high income taxation, too-heavy debt loads (with company’s cashing out by selling to PE firms, knowing the firms will load up on debt) all carry responsibility when a PE levered investment goes south. Inflation (government taxation by Congress and the Federal Reserve) is also culpable, increasing insurance rates, retirement costs, etcetera. Government regulation, Obamacare, ESG, DEI also contribute to driving-up costs. All told, there is much less capital available to service debt, to invest in growth, to share with employees.