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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
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Welfare CEO's. Corporate is too weak & generic. Everyone hates an overpaid CEO.
TeamPooka
Jul 2019
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dlk
(13,189 posts)1. Corporate Welfare...
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)2. That doesn't stick.
dlk
(13,189 posts)3. Understood, However That's What it is
If calling it entitlements gets better traction, Im all for it.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)5. I agree with you a million percent. That is precisely what it is.
dlk
(13,189 posts)8. It's Taxpayer-Funded Handouts to Profitable Corporations
LonePirate
(14,350 posts)4. I disagree. People understand what welfare is. Many have no understanding of entitlements as a term.
TeamPooka
(25,577 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
(14,152 posts)7. An "entitlement" means they are actually ENTTLED to it.
BTW, I call Social Security and Medicare Earned Benefits.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)9. Exactly what they are.
