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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. "Investors socializing their costs and privatizing their gains" is a phrase for the age. So real

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 02:33 PM

May 2020

That in a nutshell is how the gaping wealth and income disparity is created and widened.

They depend on so much infrastructure like public schools and subsidized airports and roads paid for by citizens through gas taxes.

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A righteous rant: "Re-opening" isn't about saving ordinary workers-It's about saving the 1%" [View all] kpete May 2020 OP

so how much longer do we stay hunkered down? agingdem May 2020 #1

"live" kpete May 2020 #2

and where do we "live" agingdem May 2020 #3

I believe all of that is true. The one thing thay didn't say is DT wasts everything open because napi21 May 2020 #4

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Hands up everyone who thinks the 0.01% are twisting Donny's tail about re-opening... Ford_Prefect May 2020 #6

Got to keep Wall Street happy kimbutgar May 2020 #7

it is the 1% and their money vs the 2% and their lives. PurgedVoter May 2020 #8

"Investors socializing their costs and privatizing their gains" is a phrase for the age. So real Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #9