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"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition" ~ THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Peter Carr, Aug. 19, 1785
President Donald Trumps corporate tax cuts might not have trickled down to American workers in the way that he suggested they would.
Trump and Republican leadership have long touted their tax cuts as a massive boon to Americas working class, if not through direct tax reductions or refunds, then through the trickle-down effect of bonuses and wage increases from their employers who receive massive corporate cuts. Tax reform is working, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said in January, mentioning Apples decision to reward a bonus of $2,500 in stock grants to some Apple employees. Workers are coming home and telling their families they got a bonus, or they got a raise or they got better benefits.
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Gothmog
(145,278 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Ohiogal
(32,001 posts)And, oh, by the way -- you're laid off.
BlueDog22
(366 posts)GOP Taxcuts help the rich, and not the rest of us.
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)For the rich weren't for the workers that slave away for the rich all day...Nope, they were for the rich to have even more of the pie.
Yet the freaking idiot keeps voting for the knife that slices their own necks.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Layoffs. This person, with decades of experience, was a year or two shy of collecting Social Security. A real burn. I feel sorry, though because of their age will hurt getting a new job.
Meet the new trump economy.