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goldfish21
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02 Jan 2018, 3:42 pm
Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
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goldfish21 wrote:
:lol: Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
I VERY highly doubt it.AT&T, Well's Fargo, and Boeing are giving bonuses they claim is due to the tax cut. Whether it's truly due to the tax cut or as a political assist to a candidate they supported in the general election is another question all together.
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02 Jan 2018, 3:54 pm
Aristophanes wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
:lol: Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
I VERY highly doubt it.AT&T, Well's Fargo, and Boeing are giving bonuses they claim is due to the tax cut. Whether it's truly due to the tax cut or as a political assist to a candidate they supported in the general election is another question all together.
Interesting. Maybe it's for the PR so they don't look like as*holes if they just keep the money for themselves?
I expect that ~80% will greedily enrich their boards & top shareholders while maybe 20% will spread the wealth around a little.
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02 Jan 2018, 5:50 pm
Aristophanes wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
:lol: Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
I VERY highly doubt it.AT&T, Well's Fargo, and Boeing are giving bonuses they claim is due to the tax cut. Whether it's truly due to the tax cut or as a political assist to a candidate they supported in the general election is another question all together.
AT&T was planning to give out a bonus months ago ... before the tax cuts were announced.
02 Jan 2018, 6:16 pm
DarthMetaKnight wrote:
Aristophanes wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
:lol: Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
I VERY highly doubt it.AT&T, Well's Fargo, and Boeing are giving bonuses they claim is due to the tax cut. Whether it's truly due to the tax cut or as a political assist to a candidate they supported in the general election is another question all together.
AT&T was planning to give out a bonus months ago ... before the tax cuts were announced.
As I said, their purported reasons for said bonuses may be dubious, but all three companies did give bonuses. Also of note, a bonus is a one time payout, the corporate tax cut is permanent-- if they truly wanted to 'trickle down' the benefits of the corporate tax cut those would be raises, not mere bonuses.
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02 Jan 2018, 8:46 pm
Aristophanes wrote:
EzraS wrote:
You're welcome, wannabe-professor windbag.
Funny thing: I've been called 'professor' since I was 12, I'm pretty used to it by now, and I do view it as a badge of honor.
So you've been recognized as pretentious since childhood and equate it as a good thing.
goldfish21 wrote:
:lol: Just heard Sarah Huckabee's first address of the new year and she opened up by talking about how so many American's are getting raises to their wages from the corporate tax breaks that were just handed out.. uuuh, really? Somehow I doubt that IF any major corporations are going to increase wages with their tax breaks that they did it instantaneously. The whole soundbite sounds like complete and utter BS saying the tax cut is working exactly as Trump intended.. corporations increasing wages. I VERY highly doubt it.
I VERY highly doubt it.My aunt works for a big corp and was told everyone is getting a raise. So that's one corp at least.
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