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Major US companies say workers will see some of tax windfall
Associated Press ^ | Dec 20, 2017 7:03 PM EST | Josh Boak

Posted on 12/20/2017 6:29:38 PM PST by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 12/20/2017 6:29:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Uh, the shareholders are, in large part, the middle class.
2 posted on 12/20/2017 6:32:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Olog-hai
workers will see some of tax windfall

I guess it's time for a windfall profits tax on tax windfalls.

-PJ

3 posted on 12/20/2017 6:35:28 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Olog-hai

Someone should tell these fools how ridiculous they look in calling economic revitalization, higher wages, bonus money, jobs, etc. a stunt. I hope this is their campaign strategy for 2018.


4 posted on 12/20/2017 6:36:03 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

Once again the Associated Presstitutes are providing artillery for their Marxist Masters.


5 posted on 12/20/2017 6:43:59 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (We're CNN. We're not lying, we're just incompetent!)
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To: Jim Robinson

That’s right. Whenever labor union guys complained about shareholders making profits over employees, I would remind them that their pension plans are profiting.


6 posted on 12/20/2017 6:51:53 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Jim Robinson

Yup - exactly. Middle class 401ks, IRAs, and other stock investments going UP is good for retirements!


7 posted on 12/20/2017 6:52:50 PM PST by rb22982
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To: Olog-hai

Wait, weren’t the middle class wage earners lives supposed to be over today?

Are they sure they’re getting more money?

Bwa ha ha ha...


8 posted on 12/20/2017 6:55:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: Olog-hai

No more news. Just editorials. One stupider than the last.


9 posted on 12/20/2017 7:00:43 PM PST by madprof98
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To: madprof98

Solid reporting. Objective analysis.
Or at least the very best this cesspool of ink swillers can do.


10 posted on 12/20/2017 7:03:38 PM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: Jim Robinson

In 6 of the last 8 years, there were no annual merit increases where I work.

2017 was no different. If we were to get a merit increase, it would come in September. Once again, it didn’t.

Then, the effects of the Trump presidency and the possibility of tax reform, changed everything.

It has been announced that merit increases will be reinstated after the first of the year.

And my 401k has NEVER done better than it has since the election of 2016.


11 posted on 12/20/2017 7:13:46 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Merry Christmas, Mr. President, and another happy year!)
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To: Olog-hai
Not a single Democrat crossed the line and voted for this.

They are going to get blown out in 2018. BIGLY !

12 posted on 12/20/2017 7:19:52 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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That will really help those working for non-profits, the retired, and the unemployed---NOT!
14 posted on 12/20/2017 7:41:06 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Max Tactical

The gentry are worried that the peons are encroaching on their exclusive hidey-holes.

Ergo the Tax Smackdown Act of 2017.


15 posted on 12/20/2017 7:44:30 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Olog-hai
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s budget plan for 2018 assumes that a mix of sharp spending and tax cuts can both shrink the deficit and fuel economic growth of 3 percent a year — a level it hasn’t achieved in more than a dozen years. Most economists and budget experts dismiss that promise as fancifully unrealistic.

Josh Boak (same writer) - 'Why Trump’s budget plan wouldn’t likely accelerate growth' May 23, 2017

16 posted on 12/20/2017 7:45:14 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

They keep wishing the intarwebs had an actual memory hole.


17 posted on 12/20/2017 7:48:09 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Republicans (most) cheer for workers to get more money.

Democrats want non-workers to get more money.

Makers vs. Takers


18 posted on 12/20/2017 7:52:07 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Max Tactical

Only rich people have stocks. I have a 401k.


19 posted on 12/20/2017 8:09:22 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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