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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:14 PM Dec 2019

Trump re-tweets affectionate smoochies from Burger Boy who failed to make it into his Cabinet

I'm not including the link because fuck Puzder.

Donald J. Trump Retweeted
Andy Puzder @AndyPuzder
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Dec 22

It’s all but impossible to look at this chart and conclude anything other than that ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ ‘s tax cuts have unequivocally benefitted working class Americans. It’s the kind of benefit that wins elections.




https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-republicans-tell-white-house-to-withdraw-puzder-nomination-235062

Labor nominee Puzder withdraws

The fast-food exec faced numerous scandals, including a video of his ex-wife accusing him of abuse on 'Oprah' in 1990.

By BURGESS EVERETT, TARA PALMERI and MARIANNE LEVINE 02/15/2017 02:21 PM EST Updated 02/15/2017 04:51 PM EST
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Trump re-tweets affectionate smoochies from Burger Boy who failed to make it into his Cabinet (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2019 OP
Watched a panel discussion on CNBC last week. Every single investor just LOVED the Trump tax cut. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #1
Send not... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #2

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
1. Watched a panel discussion on CNBC last week. Every single investor just LOVED the Trump tax cut.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:56 PM
Dec 2019

It seems Trump's tax cut will go down in history as the greatest economic policy ever. A boon to all that will continue to pay off for decades.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Send not...
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 02:25 PM
Dec 2019

Send not for whom the economy booms, it booms for them!

The lack of clarity about who is affected by what allows for a rather rosy picture to be painted in the mainstream that does not correspond with the reality on the ground and in the flesh. The Simulation or Spectacle is doing a fine job in that sense by not emphasizing the difference and disparity. It is merely a game of influence that manages perceptions in a way that cloaks the underlying dissolution and Wall Street, as uncoupled as it is now from many people's ordinary lives, still maintains an alluring glow of supreme relevance and impunity in regards to Main St.

One America booms like a hanger full of dynamite, the other languishes in a stagnation and state of disrepair, collectively hoping the paycheck will make it through to the end of the month, with a perpetual concern about remaining housed and an emphasis largely on subsistence. If one economy is booming, the other is clearly busting by contrast which invites the buzzards of vulture capitalism to pick what's left on their bones before they drop into consumer oblivion.

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