AA and Southwest Air -Tax Bill Employee Bonus (dollar, money, federal)
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The federal reserve rescued the economy. Note they bought Trillions in buying Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed and US agency securities in buying Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed and US agency securities in the open market.
Quantitative easing did the trick. In point of fact, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen after him both spoke often of the need for the Obama Administration to provide fiscal stimulus to aid in the recovery. He did not. Oh, and that puny 900 billion? That was already baked into the budget by the outgoing Bush administration.
None of the forgoing is disputable. The only thing fake is your attribution.
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Originally Posted by Redd Jedd
7 years of the stock market going up (160%) and unemployment going down (9% to 4.5%).
Oh, I forgot, those economic numbers were fake or somehow don't matter when Obama was president, but now magically they do and are real.
One thing that sticks out to me is how American is citing that this will help them make investments yet they are currently sheltered from taxes and don't currently do it. Something in my head can't wrap around this.
One thing that sticks out to me is how American is citing that this will help them make investments yet they are currently sheltered from taxes and don't currently do it. Something in my head can't wrap around this.
American Airlines has not paid federal income taxes due to losses from their recent bankruptcy.
Donald Trump is doing huge political favors for many of the corporations that are giving out $1,000 bonuses. And these companies announcing pay raises are positive publicity for Trump, given in return for Trumps favors that give these corporations billions of extra dollars.
"It’s also a very convenient public relations move by AT&T, which is trying to buy Time Warner over the objections of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department’s antitrust division filed a lawsuit on Nov. 20 to block AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b025f99e145c88
And American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are 2 corporations that Trump is doing huge political favors for. A long time top priority for AA and Southwest Airlines has been to privatize the nation's air traffic control system (and Donald Trump gave them this huge political favor.) https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...raffic-control
"These companies are (also) trying to help Trump sell an unpopular tax bill by crediting their internal spending strategies to the savings they expect from the legislation, which decreases the corporate income rate to 21 percent from 35 percent." https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.30835addb50c
Donald Trump's policies will give these corporations billions of extra dollars, the corporations then give out bonuses to give Trump positive publicity, and the corporations get positive public relations at the same time.
Ah yes, the Trump method. I bet you'll now claim they are "Smart" for doing it. I'm sorry, why can't they do it right now if they aren't paying taxes already, rather than wait for the tax break to be helping ? That was what I asked in the post you quoted...
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Originally Posted by chad3
Donald Trump is doing huge political favors for many of the corporations that are giving out $1,000 bonuses. And these companies announcing pay raises are positive publicity for Trump, given in return for Trumps favors that give these corporations billions of extra dollars.
"It’s also a very convenient public relations move by AT&T, which is trying to buy Time Warner over the objections of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department’s antitrust division filed a lawsuit on Nov. 20 to block AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b025f99e145c88
And American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are 2 corporations that Trump is doing huge political favors for. A long time top priority for AA and Southwest Airlines has been to privatize the nation's air traffic control system (and Donald Trump gave them this huge political favor.) https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...raffic-control
"These companies are (also) trying to help Trump sell an unpopular tax bill by crediting their internal spending strategies to the savings they expect from the legislation, which decreases the corporate income rate to 21 percent from 35 percent." https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.30835addb50c
Donald Trump's policies will give these corporations billions of extra dollars, the corporations then give out bonuses to give Trump positive publicity, and the corporations get positive public relations at the same time.
I feel the same way. This is largely political for a typical end of the year bonus which until the recession was fairly common. That or a union agreement, like AT&T's was. Another issue I see is why is this relegated to a one-time bonus, not wages?
I would imagine most if not all American Airlines employees are full-time which means they are offered health insurance through their employer. That is until that part of the healthcare law is struck down too...
Largest parts of American Airlines employees are all union (pilots, fight attendants, mechanics, etc...) whose healthcare and other bennies are part of negotiated contracts. Thus it is normally the union who is providing healthcare, AA like others in such situations kicks in contributions.
OMG, a thousand dollar bonus for some in the middle class. Let's celebrate. That's like $19 more dollars a week. How about instead of a bonus you give them raises that they can count on in every paycheck. This is not bad news for liberals. I think it's bad news for those who don't understand you need more money in each paycheck.
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