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closeupready

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1. Nice sound bite, but talk is cheap.

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 02:54 PM

Sep 2014

Corporations took the Bush tax cuts in exchange for a promise to help labor by creating jobs, and what did they do? Expatriated that cash to Switzerland, Singapore, and wherever they could put it to make themselves even richer than ever before, at the expense of US workers, the job market, and their credibility in terms of the fact you can't trust them to honor their promises, ever.

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VP Biden:American Workers Don't Want A Handout, 'Just Give Them A Chance'(video) [View all] cal04 Sep 2014 OP

Nice sound bite, but talk is cheap. closeupready Sep 2014 #1

At this point, I'll take a handout if someone is offering... glowing Sep 2014 #2