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CrispyQ

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7. Greedy fucking bastards.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2019, 01:05 PM

Dec 2019

(Bezos’s nearly completed DC mansion will have 2 elevators, 25 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, and a movie theater.)

Instead of a holiday bonus this year, Walmart offered its employees a 15% store discount. Oh, and did I say? Walmart saved $2.2bn this year from the Trump tax cut.

The truth is, American corporations are sacrificing workers and communities as never before, in order to further boost record profits and unprecedented CEO pay.

Saw this on FB a few days ago:

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The biggest business con of 2019: fleecing workers while bosses get rich [View all] smirkymonkey Dec 2019 OP

Excellent article ChubbyStar Dec 2019 #1

unregulated capitalism yields unmitigated misery Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #2

And this is exactly why the Republicans want to destroy the government. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #4

A-MEN Ohiogal Dec 2019 #5

Kick dalton99a Dec 2019 #3

Greed requires enforced legislation. We're back to The Gilded Age OhNo-Really Dec 2019 #6

Greedy fucking bastards. CrispyQ Dec 2019 #7

This makes me so angry! smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #9

that's before you even get to raided pensions Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #11

K&R Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #8

Corporations are the only non-human entity to have Constitutional rights just like We the People. CrispyQ Dec 2019 #10

Excellent post! Thank you! (nt) scarletwoman Dec 2019 #16

Bezos is almost comical in his caricature stereotype persona Dukkha Dec 2019 #12

There should be a minimum corporate tax. They should not pay zero tax. pwb Dec 2019 #13

"The only way to make corporations socially responsible..." Martin Eden Dec 2019 #14

Lip service. Nothing new, nothing rare. As a people, KPN Dec 2019 #15

Bookmarking. calimary Dec 2019 #17