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.
Typical reaction of a committed communist.
Maybe “crumbs” to multimillionaire Pe-louse-y but possibly vital, and welcome, proceeds for the serfs.
gee, she is really digging herself into a political HOLE with all these ridiculous criticisms of her own constituents getting to keep more of their earnings (those that are working and not on the dole, that is)
she’s been, imho, a very dishonest and nearly-insane commiepinko type statist for years. she doctored and signed off on the certification of eligibility form that helped put the Illegal Alien In Chief into our White House. she also denied any review or discussion of the Obamacare bill, forcing it through .. down our throats without any effective representation permitted
imho, she deserves imprisonment. but at least this.. if she keeps making such a political clown of herself... her own constituents will replace her with, yes, probably another Leninist type leftist.. but at least Pelousy will be retired! hope hope
Pelosi is a good useful idiot for the Left and their tyranny.
Rap on you old liberal fool, keep saying “You are all going to die!” Voters will laugh all the way to the polls.
Pelousy really is making herself look like a lunatic, politically speaking.
i mean, when her constituents are getting higher net incomes, more money to spend or invest.......and she’s shooting her mouth off about how “bad” and “awful” it is?
insanity
and also POLITICAL insanity, too
it is long, long past time for the people of San Fransicko to retire Pelousy (and yes, they will undoubtably put another hard leftwinger in the office, but it will still be nice to retire Pelousy...and almost anyone off the street could do a better job than she’s doing NOW )
Same nut that complained about losing deductions of interest on mortgage amounts over $750,000 ... as if anyone with a $$$ enough house for that to matter were “poor”. (Or was that DiFi?)
The Golden Girls Nancy,Maxime and Diane. Crumbs Nancy when your net worth is some where between $38 and $200 million. One thousand dollars still is big to most of us.
Only if you work 20 years or more. If you work 3 years, you get 250. Majority of the bonus’ are 250......Oops about 120 after taxes.
All of you who have received a bonus: give back your crumbs, your peanuts, your pocket-lint!
yes, and another thing...i dont know how many of her voters are aware of it but her staff has said that unless you’re on her contributors’ list, they are instructed to NOT acknowledge or answer any citizen letters or requests
no representation without taxation?
Maybe Pelosi will use her “crumbs” to buy a pair of earrings, as Michelle Obama did.
Excellent!..................
She, as with the rest of the Democratic libtards, are pure delusional idiots who proclaim they are for the people, fair wages, etc. then tax virtually every penny you make.....go figure.
This miserable fraud of a loser has tens, if not hundreds, of millions in the bank. Like she gives a rat’s a** about anything other than her bank account. LOL
They bitched for years about the $15 minimum wage.
Now they get it and it’s ‘crumbs’.................
Being one of those rich greedy bastards I notice she doesn’t give any crumbs to her employees.
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