Private Equity EXPOSED: How Wall Street Is Destroying Small Business & Rigging Your Retirement

This might be the most important interview you see all year. We sit down with whistleblower and financial truth-teller Tiffany Cianci, who has gone viral for exposing how private equity (PE) is silently destroying the U.S. economy—one business, one job, and one pension at a time.

This isn’t just about bankrupt retailers like Joann Fabrics or Party City…
This is about a coordinated, Wall Street-led collapse of Main Street—and Tiffany breaks it down with surgical precision.

Tiffany is all about facts - and that's why she's amazing. Listen to learn

✅ How Tiffany went from kids’ gym franchisee to national PE whistleblower
✅ The truth about Unleashed Brands & the private equity takeover of children’s services
✅ Why small businesses are collapsing while billionaires thrive
✅ How floating rate debt is crushing retailers like Joann’s
✅ The terrifying connection between CLOs, pensions & YOUR retirement
✅ How lobbyists, Wall Street, and politicians sold out America
✅ Why Southwest Airlines, prisons, even Girl Scouts are being exploited by PE
✅ What you MUST do now to protect your business, income, and future

📌 TIMESTAMPS - Tiffany Cianci | The Rice Report Interview

00:00 - 🔥 Introduction to Tiffany Cianci & the topic of Private Equity (PE)
01:15 - Tiffany's Origin Story: From Corporate Life to Buying a Franchise
02:40 - The Little Gym, Covid Shutdowns & PE Takeover
04:00 - How Unleashed Brands and PE Threatened Her Franchise & Union
06:20 - The Legal System, Corporate Power & the Two-Party Illusion
08:00 - Class Action Lawsuits & CEO Duty to Shareholders Over Community
09:20 - Tiffany's PE Awakening: From Franchisee to Financial Educator
10:45 - Deep Dive: Joann Fabrics Bankruptcy & Floating Rate Debt
13:00 - The Missing Link: CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations) Explained
15:45 - How PE Firms Offload Risk Onto Pension Funds
17:30 - The Strip Mining of Main Street by Wall Street
20:00 - Breaking Down the PE Business Model: Greed Over Growth
22:00 - PE's Hidden Control of Kids’ Sports, HVAC, Cheerleading, & More
24:15 - Tiffany’s Mission to Expose PE & Protect Working Families
25:45 - Retail Monopolies & Crafting Industry Collapse (Joann’s Fallout)
28:00 - PE Debt Structures: 2019–2022 Timeline & Collapse Trigger
30:30 - Pension Risk from Floating Rate PE Debt – Explained
33:00 - Pension Funds as the “Bag Holders” of Bad PE Loans
35:00 - Southwest Airlines Activist Takeover – A Case Study
38:30 - What Activist PE Did to Southwest's Business Model
40:00 - PE’s Silent Takeover: Branding, Pricing, Job Cuts & Service Decline
41:00 - PE’s Role in the Prison Industrial Complex
43:00 - Music Industry, Youth Influence, & Mass Incarceration Links
44:45 - Tiffany’s Work with Open Source AI & Policy
46:30 - Trump’s Role, FTC Changes, and Legal Pushback Against PE
48:00 - Revisiting “Pretty Woman” – The Original PE Narrative
49:00 - Repercussions of PE Bankruptcy: Beyond the Corporate Loss
51:00 - Domino Effect on Small Businesses & the Middle Class
53:00 - Real-Life Impact: Losing Party City = Losing Small Biz Ecosystem
54:30 - Massive Price Gouging After Monopolization of Supply
55:15 - Final Warnings: Economic Collapse, Foot Traffic, & Retail Decay
56:30 - The "Crony Capitalism" We're Actually Living In
58:00 - Closing Thoughts: Antitrust Laws, FTC, and What Must Change
01:02:00 - Trump, Carried Interest Loophole, and Lobbying Backlash
01:05:00 - Final Call to Action: Fight PE Abuse & Save Small Business
01:08:00 - Tiffany’s Background, Where to Find Her, and Thank You

🚨 This is the financial warfare the media refuses to cover. And if you care about small business, job security, or your financial future—you NEED to watch this.

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