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rampartc

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1. the coal miners earned those benefits

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 07:34 AM

Dec 2019

but they really should be paid by the mine corporations rather than the taxpayers.

this is the greatest fraud at the heart of the national debt : shifting assets to the rich and their corporations, while shifting liabilities to the taxpayers.

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Manchin Plans To Halt Senate Action Over Coal Miners' Benefits [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP

the coal miners earned those benefits rampartc Dec 2019 #1

When was the last time any corporation paid Superfund tax? beachbumbob Dec 2019 #2

i was going to guess the gingrich congress rampartc Dec 2019 #3

Neither Obama or Clinton did much of anything to get this tax renewed beachbumbob Dec 2019 #5

i'll risk a hide on this one rampartc Dec 2019 #6

Why not a Bill gab13by13 Dec 2019 #4

airline pilots got SOME of their pension, my company went under also so my pension was reduced beachbumbob Dec 2019 #7