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Economy

Tansy_Gold

(18,056 posts)

9. Those rich guys are still screaming

Reply to Warpy (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 03:28 PM

Oct 2022

Along with all the legislators they've purchased.

1. Raise wages.
2. Tax the rich. (Hint: It does no good to tax the corporations because they'll just pass the cost on to the consumer so the stockholders don't have to pay anything. Tax the rich.)

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Hooray! Somebody else finally said it--the stock market is hyperinflated [View all] Warpy Oct 2022 OP

That profe really sticks it to them! GreenWave Oct 2022 #1

K&R! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

This is great jmbar2 Oct 2022 #3

These guys have been writing about this for a long time IbogaProject Oct 2022 #4

America has needed a raise for a very, very long time Warpy Oct 2022 #5

+1. Nice post. yonder Oct 2022 #6

The whole system is certainly broken jmbar2 Oct 2022 #7

Minimum wage needs to be close to $30 per hour in higher cost areas MichMan Oct 2022 #8

Those rich guys are still screaming Tansy_Gold Oct 2022 #9

Actually, the corporations do need to pay their taxes Warpy Oct 2022 #10

Good point! Tansy_Gold Oct 2022 #11