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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe need to start calling the tax loopholes for all the different industries exactly what they are.
Entitlements. We need to reframe the republican talking points to reflect the reality of how badly the right has destroyed American.
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We need to start calling the tax loopholes for all the different industries exactly what they are. (Original Post)
onecaliberal
Jul 2019
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I disagree. People understand what welfare is. Many have no understanding of entitlements as a term.
LonePirate
Jul 2019
#4
Welfare CEO's. Corporate is too weak & generic. Everyone hates an overpaid CEO.
TeamPooka
Jul 2019
#10
dlk
(11,378 posts)1. Corporate Welfare...
onecaliberal
(32,372 posts)2. That doesn't stick.
dlk
(11,378 posts)3. Understood, However That's What it is
If calling it entitlements gets better traction, Im all for it.
onecaliberal
(32,372 posts)5. I agree with you a million percent. That is precisely what it is.
dlk
(11,378 posts)8. It's Taxpayer-Funded Handouts to Profitable Corporations
LonePirate
(13,379 posts)4. I disagree. People understand what welfare is. Many have no understanding of entitlements as a term.
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)10. Welfare CEO's. Corporate is too weak & generic. Everyone hates an overpaid CEO.
Personalize it.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)6. Corporate welfare is what I call it.
SharonAnn
(13,756 posts)7. An "entitlement" means they are actually ENTTLED to it.
BTW, I call Social Security and Medicare Earned Benefits.
onecaliberal
(32,372 posts)9. Exactly what they are.