Answered from James Talarico: America's Corrupt System Is Designed To Keep You Poor! | Texas Senate Candidate · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2026-11-02
James Talarico said many Texans he met in 2024 disliked Donald Trump's conduct but believed he could fix the economy and lower costs. In his view, post-pandemic inflation was the last straw after 50 years of flat wages, because cheap goods had masked the decline until prices rose. He said Trump's promises on costs, ending wars, releasing the Epstein files and draining the swamp have not been kept, citing tariffs and an Iran war he put at a billion dollars a day.
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