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el_bryanto

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4. We are heading for another great depression

Reply to scheming daemons (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:20 AM

Dec 2017

The cuts in social services that this tax cut will necessitate will ensure that we are unable to deal with the next crisis without drastic action. And I don't see an FDR coming along and making such changes; I could be wrong there, but it seems like that was a one time deal.

Bryant

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"We stole $2,000,000,000,000 from the US Treasury, but we gave you $600 of it! Why complain?" [View all] scheming daemons Dec 2017 OP

Yes, think about what we gave you, not what we took away... kentuck Dec 2017 #1

redumbliCONs depend on a new crop of suckers to be born every minute. democratisphere Dec 2017 #3

Hush slush money. democratisphere Dec 2017 #2

We are heading for another great depression el_bryanto Dec 2017 #4

Some blue state voters WISH they were getting tax cuts Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #5

TRUTH: "We stole $2,000,000,000,000 from the US Treasury, and we gave you $6,000 each in new debt." L. Coyote Dec 2017 #6

Ditto. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #7

"Don't you feel better that you're getting a few more dollars (crumbs) in your paycheck?" Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2017 #8

We need more messaging, pronto. BadgerMom Dec 2017 #9