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2. The fleecing of America

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:51 PM

Jan 2017

Put a snazzy title to it, like America Back to Work Infrastructure Bill, but what's in it is a means to loot the public.

63 Million Joe and Jane Hoodwinks really fucked us on this one. Thanks guys! Whose side are you on???

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Pic Of The Moment: Trump's Infrastructure Plan: Brought To You By The Makers Of Trump University [View all] EarlG Jan 2017 OP

Fasten your seatbelts, kids, it's Mr. Toad's wild ride 2naSalit Jan 2017 #1

The fleecing of America ffr Jan 2017 #2

On the side of big business. Certainly not ours. PatrickforO Jan 2017 #10

Trump and Idi Amin on spending money keithbvadu2 Jan 2017 #13

Make America Broke Again!!! Initech Jan 2017 #3

That's the one thing you can bet he will accomplish. lark Jan 2017 #6

Sad and true. ffr Jan 2017 #11

F that guy. nt irisblue Jan 2017 #4

Up goes inflation as shipping goods gets more expensive on all those toll bridges... Johonny Jan 2017 #5

Or More Of It Gets Diverted To Rail DallasNE Jan 2017 #16

Yet again... Mark.Gray Jan 2017 #7

In his speech he did say first that he was going to make America wealthy again Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #8

couldn't ask 4 a more crony fascist idea. Glad we avoided that corporate witch HRC, millenials who Bill USA Jan 2017 #9

When a real estate developer says, "Drain the swamp"... Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #12

Privatize profits and collectivize losses and liabilities. keithbvadu2 Jan 2017 #14

What Problem Would The Trump Plan Fix? DallasNE Jan 2017 #15

Jobs... Blanks Jan 2017 #19

Lack of this sort of graft is clearly one of the reasons Rs blocked infrastructure projects Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #17

The Art of the Steal IronLionZion Jan 2017 #18