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CrispyQ

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10. At the individual level, they made the same half-century switch.

Reply to dajoki (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2023, 11:54 AM

Jan 2023

They took away our good union wages & replaced them with cheap, easy credit. Now we're all in hock up to our ears & basically debt slaves. 21st Century Feudalism is right on track, ahead even, thanks to the Trump tax cuts & the pandemic.

Benefits for the people always have to be paid for but tax cuts for the rich don't.

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