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Midnight Writer

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15. Indeed. This is the Crown Jewel for the American Oligarchs. Republican Senators will do very well.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:04 AM
Oct 2018

Even if they lose their seats. Especially if they lose their seats. They will get appointments to multiple corporate boards. I saw that JEB! Bush sits on eight corporate boards. Massive salaries with no work and no responsibilities.

We see today endless ads on TV and radio and Internet supporting Judge Kavanaugh. Who do you think are paying for these ads? Regular folks? No, non profit foundations set up by billionaires and paid for largely through tax write offs.

Meanwhile, workers will get screwed, consumers will get screwed, and the class of non screwed people will get higher and higher, until only a few wealthy mega billionaires and their thralls will rule.

Welcome to unfettered, unregulated capitalism.

Life in the foodchain.

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