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SHRED
Nov 2017
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. By Design.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. What, you want guarantees??
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)3. You simply have to trust them in this area.
They are clearly better at collecti... dealing with money than we are.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)4. Hoard it. They are money addicts and getting their latest fix.
And we are paying for it.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)5. What did they do with the Reagan era tax cuts?
Investments boomed in speculative financial instruments.
spanone
(135,844 posts)6. send it overseas like they always have
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)7. Grab the money and run.
As usual.
JDC
(10,129 posts)8. Everybody be cool, this is a robbery
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)10. Honey bunny
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)9. Kleptocracy
noun, plural kleptocracies.
1.
a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)11. Trickle down. It has never worked and it never will.
I can't believe anyone still falls for this shit.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)12. They're preparing special high-security ships as we speak...
to carry the loot to off-shore tax havens.
And, it's a good time to be in the yacht and resort business.
Meanwhile, most of tRump's voters are celebrating tax breaks for everyone but them.
See: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-voters-celebrate-massive-tax-cut-for-everyone-but-them