Posted on 01/11/2018 11:51:21 AM PST by Red Badger
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Thursday continued to slam the recently passed Republican tax reform bill, calling the wage increases and bonuses "crumbs" during her weekly press briefing.
Walmart was the most recent company to announce a wage increase and bonuses as a result of the sweeping legislation, which included a slashing of the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent.
"A number of companies are attributing the tax bill for being able to give higher wages to their employees as well as being able to give a number of bonuses to their employees. How do you respond to that?" a reporter asked.
Pelosi appeared to be talking about AT&T when she responded by downplaying the bonuses and saying that it was already part of a union contract. She went on to say that the same firm told their employees that they would be laying off 1,500 people and that if they wanted to save their jobs then they would have to work 32 hours per week.
"In terms of the bonus that corporate America received versus the crumbs that they are giving workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pathetic. It's so pathetic," Pelosi said.
"I would hope that with their big advantage of bringing money home at a very low rate that they would invest in infrastructure and things, but our experience has been that they will do dividends, do stock buybacks, and things like that. I think it's insignificant," Pelosi added.
This is not the first time that Pelosi has been critical of the Republican tax reform legislation. Pelosi expressed dramatic concern last month about the tax bill, calling it "Armageddon" during a press briefing.
"The debate on health care is life, death. This is Armageddon," Pelosi said. "This is a very big deal, because you know why? There's really a very hard way to come back from this."
She's also called it the worst legislation in the history of Congress.
Senile old goat!
This lady is senile.
Pelosi wants those “crumbs “ for her and her cohorts.
OK Nancy. Show us the way. Give up your millions, and donate it all to some San Francisco charity.
Pelosi knows her constituents are stupid.
If Pelosi and the Dem loons gave the same wage increase they would be saying how this is a HUGE bonus..but since Republicans did it its “Crumbs” gee Pelosi, compared to the BS amount of money YOU make I guess it is crumbs..oh and by the way, how come that douche bag makes so much money just being a douche
Cake crumbs of course
What is her Freeper ID.
So why didn’t she support a bigger tax break then?
She’s the one who’s pathetic.
What Pelosi wants desperately is to be Speaker again. It would be the best end of career gift she could have. It is tragically ‘funny’ how the lives and fate of so many can be tied to the desires and needs of so few - especially when those ‘few’ characterize themselves as champions of the masses.
Beyond pathetic. When will her party realize that this woman is mentally deranged and opt for sane leadership. She is harming her party, her voters and America. She belong in a mental institution, not congress.
Demented San Fran Nan makes a jackass out of herself again.
$1,000 bonus and a two-dollar raise is ‘crumbs’ to someone used to making millions from corruption and shady deals.
And a safe gerrymandered Democrat district keeps reelecting her.
Pelosi: “...they would be laying off 1,500 people and that if they wanted to save their jobs then they would have to work 32 hours per week...”
So they are part-time anyway???
To a one-percenter like Pelosi a couple grand in the pocket may well be “crumbs” but I’ll take it.
Pelosi is worth tens of thousands of dollars. She begrudges the peasants the crumbs.
Such arrogance!
If the situation were reversed and the government were spending this money it would be a “modest but needed proposal”.
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