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In reply to the discussion: Night after night I get angry at having to hear the Big Fucking Lie [View all]newspeak
(4,847 posts)hubby's aunt went on and on about how great the tax cut was. This was when the bill passed. I informed her that every state, education and other departments were going to be hurting because of this tax cut; especially, because we were also spending like no tomorrow on war. That the states would have to increase state taxes, property taxes, just to make ends meet. That we were going to get hit in the long run. And, some people are so damned short sighted, they don't realize that it's a trojan horse. What the tax cut did, was not create jobs, but made the wealthy wealthier, while they invested that money overseas, instead of here. It gave the have mores even more power over us, while our wage has declined significantly.
And the media is right there with the have mores. Tearing down anyone and everyone who still has a decent job with benefits. Attempting to turn the plebes against each other. And, while tearing down a laborer with a decent job, they make no mention how CEOs in this country are paid obscenely more than other CEOs around the world.