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13. "Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth." - Lucy Parsons

Reply to stopbush (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2020, 01:00 PM

May 2020

They'll fight it tooth and nail. Apparently the 1% folks haven't yet realized our current economic disaster will require another FDR-like New Deal to save their precious capitalist system. Anything else and they could find themselves in the middle of a real revolution.

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Rs want to reopen before the rich become obvious targets for mega increased taxes [View all] stopbush May 2020 OP

Good luck... pbmus May 2020 #1

trump will never tax his precious class to pay for their own bail out. rampartc May 2020 #2

Not just DFT, but the whole Republican Party has always worshipped the wealthy RainCaster May 2020 #3

"america's job creators" rampartc May 2020 #9

He's not "in the club" Mopar151 May 2020 #4

i think trump has been rejected several times. rampartc May 2020 #11

They don't want the poor to see how progressive policies could work. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #5

The rich are already obvious targets, IMO. Let's start by rescinding Trump's tax cut for them. Shrike47 May 2020 #6

USA HAD $$$ for big trump tax cut for the wealthy already not paying their fare share and lunasun May 2020 #7

If they're not careful, they could become targets for the guillotine. nt tblue37 May 2020 #8

+1 rampartc May 2020 #12

How much of that wealth is from our tax dollars in the first place? That should be pounded. brewens May 2020 #10

"Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth." - Lucy Parsons sop May 2020 #13

+1 2naSalit May 2020 #15

I see them as big fat pinatas. . . DinahMoeHum May 2020 #14