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Pearls Before Swine (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 OP
So much to love MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #1
K&R UTUSN Feb 2021 #2
Billionaires impacted by COVID-19. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #3
And just think of the public good possible if those CEOs were actually taxed at the rate they FailureToCommunicate Feb 2021 #4
+1 Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #5
Spot where the massive debt we have now originally started. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #9
right before the pandemic started my local newspaper cut the paper from 5 days a week to 4.. samnsara Feb 2021 #6
I anticipated a post with a song from the band randr Feb 2021 #7
I actually saw them live once in NYC! DFW Feb 2021 #10
The pitchfork is a nice touch. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #8

Kid Berwyn

(15,084 posts)
3. Billionaires impacted by COVID-19.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 01:14 PM
Feb 2021

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The combined fortune of the nation’s 660 billionaires as of Monday, January 18, 2021 was $4.1 trillion, up 38.6% from their collective net worth of just under $3 trillion on March 18, 2020, the rough start of the pandemic, based on Forbes data compiled in this report by the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). There have been 46 newly minted billionaires since the beginning of the pandemic, when there were 614.

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https://inequality.org/great-divide/updates-billionaire-pandemic/

TwilightZone

(25,523 posts)
9. Spot where the massive debt we have now originally started.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 02:36 PM
Feb 2021

Rather easy, no?

Tack on unfunded tax cuts and a couple wars, one in the wrong country, and here we are.

samnsara

(17,667 posts)
6. right before the pandemic started my local newspaper cut the paper from 5 days a week to 4..
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 01:21 PM
Feb 2021

...so I supplemented it with a second newspaper and I committed to reading them all the way thru..including the comix. I wasnt much of a reader of the daily comics until then but now i look forward to them and Pearls before swine is one i really enjoy! And since i no longer read Scott Adams' rag, I have more time

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