• BossDj@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    After the ProPublica investigation was released, Republicans called for investigation into how the documents were leaked, while progressives used the data to call for a reform in the tax code

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      I’m about 40 years past giving politicians credit for what they say. It doesn’t matter what they say when they don’t do anything practical to make meaningful change.

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        10 months ago

        The ever popular
        Appearance of Action
        Say the magic words [virtue signaling] & do fuqk all, promising eventual incremental change, after the next cycle…

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          Yep.

          Remember when they promised $2000 checks in exchange for victory in Georgia? Then after they got elected they claimed that they actually meant $2000 total, and only sent $1400, since $600 in aid had been sent previously.

          Fucking snakes.

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            And then ‘inflation’ on the basket of goods jumped like 200% because every corporation used the supply chain disruption as an excuse to jack up prices and suppress wages.

            I sure hope the boomers didn’t want grandkids, because I don’t see it happening in my lifetime, let alone theirs.

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              You’re not wrong.

              This heretorfore unimaginable impoverishment of the poor and middle class is going to have disastrous effects on population growth.