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    So not only the 1% get a Huge tax break...

    -They get their campaign investment back
    -They get to buy back MORE SHARES in their companies cheap AFTER.
    -They get to cash out on that stock market market all time high with a yuuugeeee selloff.

    Calling a recession by let's say March?

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    • Not my words... https://twitter.com/…monoboy
    • so that's what jealousy sounds like... i imagine you want more than you put in or worked for? does it make you mad that someone has more money than you?omg
    • this is crazy...too crazy...they are trying too hard to cause war, chaos, famine, misery...wtf?!oey
    • I imagine its a lot like putting fruits in the juicer. What comes out are jobs to put food on the table and buys a little bit of happiness.omg
    • Jealousy no, despair yes. Nearly all economic evidence points to the contrary of this trickle down theory.monoboy
    • Corporate taxes in the US are really high, which is why they avoid paying them in the first place.monoboy
    • Despite large corporations sitting on record pots of ever increasing cash reserves during a time of economic austerity for ordinary working people.monoboy
    • if corporate America does't start giving back, but instead takes yet more. We're looking at the start of some serious serious shit.monoboy
    • I agree. Those that naively back this further divide and blatant robbery will have to answer for any reckoning that will come (debt, etc.)formed
    • And all whilst adding $448 billion to federal deficits. That thing the GOP shuts down government for. You couldn't make it up.monoboy
    • What's terrifyingly hilarious is how "debt" was soooo bad not long ago, cut, cut, cut. Now the economy is doing well, there's money everywhere at the top/corpformed
    • So what do they do? Take out more debt so Ryan and Co can call for more cuts (Medicare/caid,etc... The gutting of America has begun in earnest.formed
    • If the wealth divide isn't addressed really soon I think we will see some serious shit.formed
    • But instead of using for national infrastructure and jobs (which actually sparked growth recovery), it's going into the pockets of the rich who avoid tax.monoboy
    • @monoboy - exactly.fadein11
    • the system is breaking down, people are now better informed, change is inevitable and yes it could be v.messy during the transition.fadein11
    • transition to?OBBTKN
    • Social democracy. Whereby economic growth is done responsibly. Nobody left behind, nobody out in-front alone with all the spoils.monoboy
    • Where the rich and successful are judged by their contribution to society, not what they made for themselves to the detriment of others.monoboy
    • Meritocracy.monoboy
    • Plutocracy has had its day.monoboy
    • Amenfadein11
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