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misanthrope

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14. They are using the opportunity to break out the knives

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 07:17 PM

Mar 2020

and start hacking at the social safety net. They will spin anything as an excuse to further advance their dream of making the U.S. resemble lawless states like Somalia.

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So now they want a payroll tax cut. [View all] JohnnyRingo Mar 2020 OP

tax cut pamdb Mar 2020 #1

I watched part of the presser mindem Mar 2020 #2

I started a similar thread saying the same thing, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #11

to spend on what? ibegurpard Mar 2020 #3

And trump wants to make it permanent spanone Mar 2020 #4

No problems, just put an equal tax on the top 1%. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #6

we know that won't happen spanone Mar 2020 #7

Exactly, but put it back to him. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #8

It will just add fuel to the argument for cutting Medicare and Social Security. kentuck Mar 2020 #5

Exactly, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #12

They are using the opportunity to break out the knives misanthrope Mar 2020 #14

Read Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine malaise Mar 2020 #9

Yep. I thought there would be more posts on DU about how Klein's Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #16

Same here but there is so much going on malaise Mar 2020 #17

Electioneering for Dummies maxsolomon Mar 2020 #10

All they have to do is give people the choice, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #13

Tortoise and the Hare maxsolomon Mar 2020 #15