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OK, so if the bonuses (for those who got them) amounted to $28 per lucky recipient and if that is only about 2% to 3% of the tax breaks going to the the already super-rich, then, to really reflect the tax breaks, the bonuses should have been between $933.33333... and $1,400.00 apiece.

That's a sizable difference but still not enough to rocket fuel the economy, especially when the price of everything starts going up 30% or more as Trump's dumb tariffs kick in.

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Just shows how wonky that Paul Ryan was eh?

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not stupid. Racist af.

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Or how climate change is going to continue to affect regions. I live near Dayton. Tornadoes like these are a huge blow to the economy. And Ohio is already struggling. And this is the only the beginning of the season.

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This is beyond a shart. This is flat-out crapping their pants.

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Doesn't matter if the economy slowly topples or eventually craters. Trump will claim it's doing great and is growing by leaps and bounds, and the trumpites will believe it. President Bone Spurs could say that the moon is green cheese and they'd believe him.

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tl,dr, with charts and graphs and shit, dok, but empirical evidence here in seattle shows a decline in the number of tower cranes on our skyline lately. since construction is a lagging economic indicator, i wonder what happened about two years ago that would have caused our economy to retract.

hmmm. yeah. i wonder...

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yeah, right?

"we've reduced federal withholding, so you'll get more on your paycheck! but you can make it up to us in april.

"you're welcome."

smoke and mirrors bullshit.

weak. sad. poop.

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... and wouldn’t you know, tonight’s TOS episode is Return of the Archons!

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Try it with a glass of port......

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A wet fart is an apt descriptor for most of what Trump does.

FIFY

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You should hydrate more

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$28 per worker but the value of a farm just keeps going higher. Thanks for the bailout Trump, now we need disaster relief for our roads. I'll sell out to some cow freak if they keep this up. #Letitbe

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Still not working. I know a few people who are doing quite well, and many more who are struggling. No one I know got a tax cut, apart from the ex's brother, who's a multimillionaire.

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Amen. Not only racist but straight prejudiced against the Other. And we're all Others.

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