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lastlib

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23. What galls me is, the Repuglykans are a "one-trick horse's ass".....
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:03 PM
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When the economy is bad, they say we need tax cuts for rich people to stimulate the economy*.
When the economy is good, they say we need tax cuts for rich people because the big bad guvmint is spending too much.
So really, their whole shtick is about cutting taxes for rich people just to make the rich people richer, and commensurately make the working class poorer. And when we call for the rich people to pay more taxes, they scream "class warfare" at the top of their dirty lungs. The reality is that THEY are the ones committing class warfare every time they get a cut.

(*what we find out is that rich people don't spend their tax cuts; they invest in corporate stock buybacks to further enrich themselves and their other rich friends, so the economy doesn't get stimulated by spending.)

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It's getting like France in 1789 and is simply unsustainable. Chasstev365 Wednesday #1
Roll back the Reagan/Bush/Tramp poli-junkie Wednesday #2
No one ever talks about those anymore leftstreet Wednesday #3
Those tax cuts + the wars account for pretty much the entire FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #12
Reagan even got a Democratic House to vote for them MichMan Thursday #27
Absolutely. I don't understand why Dems have such trouble saying this out loud. Bluetus Wednesday #4
I have heard some of that senseandsensibility Wednesday #5
because saying this will immediately result in a primary candidate funded with 100s of millions of dollars DBoon Wednesday #6
There will definitely be pushback senseandsensibility Wednesday #7
Get in office first cate94 Wednesday #8
Campaign money is overrated Bluetus Wednesday #22
No lie found irisblue Wednesday #9
The epstein-class must contribute more to society. talking-liberally Wednesday #10
Yes, and very very few will willingly do their part FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #11
Some people noticed that a long time ago. FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #13
Agreed, but when even the WSJ says it senseandsensibility Wednesday #15
Shakespeare Amended: lastlib Wednesday #14
No violence senseandsensibility Wednesday #17
There is also "Eat the Rich". madinmaryland Wednesday #21
But during the Occupy Wallstreet, the top Dems and GOP said such talk was akin to class warfare LiberalArkie Wednesday #16
Indeed they did, but Occupy was 16 years ago. BannonsLiver Thursday #29
16 years ago, but we essentially have the same Democratic Party leaders. Still the same DLC. LiberalArkie Thursday #30
File Under "Well, Duh"! ProfessorGAC Wednesday #18
If there's one thing I hope Dems have learned in the past few years senseandsensibility Wednesday #19
Yeah, I Buy That ProfessorGAC Wednesday #20
What galls me is, the Repuglykans are a "one-trick horse's ass"..... lastlib Wednesday #23
The WSJ news articles have always shown decent journalism Wednesdays Wednesday #24
Yes, good point senseandsensibility Thursday #28
Begin by taxing the Murdochs Wicked Blue Thursday #25
They're just now figuring this out? Initech Thursday #26
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