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I remember years ago when Republicans referred to part time and or low paying jobs in the same mindframe as this bonus
So why is it ok to call a 15,000 job "crumbs", but not a 1,000 bonus ?????
apparently they can't make the connection. I also love how they can't seem to comprehend the context, because it would require 15 seconds of digging past the sound bite Fox News spoon feeds them. It's literally crumbs compared to the tens of millions the Corps and Party donors will reap due to this law. Instead of crafting a policy that gives Apple, Trump org, and the Kochs a huge windfall one instead could have been written to leave their rates alone and instead give majority of the cut to the middle and working class so those 1000 bonuses could have been 5K refunds instead. However it seems Trumpsters only think they can get money from catching the crumbs falling off the table of the .01%.
are Democrats referring to $1000 bonuses as crumbs show clearly they no longer the party of the middle class?
They are crumbs in the grand scheme of things because they are one-time handouts, rather than permanent wage increases.
Ask yourself this question: Why didn't these businesses opt for wage increases INSTEAD of bonuses? Granted, some companies are offering both, but most are focusing their PR solely on the bonuses, which are a less risky and less costly expense for them.
You know what they are giving back to their employees? $2500 bonuses... in the form of restricted Apple stock! Lol. With 116,000 Apple employees, that works out to around a $290 million expense on Apple's part.... $290 million out of $47 billion. Not to mention Apple's ridiculous cash reserve of $261.5 billion. I'm sorry but they can do much better than that for their employees.
The point here is not to complain about businesses giving bonuses, but for employees to demand more for their hard work. Instead, conservatives are setting the bar low for these companies by praising whatever peanuts they give them.
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Considering that Nancy Pelosi is worth more than $29 million dollars, I'm sure $1,000 is crumbs to her. Ask the majority of Americans who cannot pull $500 out of savings for an emergency if the $1,000 is crumbs to them. Ask the low wage workers like those at Walmart or Disney who are receiving the money, and I'm sure they would say $1,000 is not crumbs. It doesn't surprise me that a super rich woman like Pelosi thinks that $1,000 is nothing. It does, however, show how out of touch she is with the middle class. What will she say next, "let them eat cake?"
you don't think Trump thinks a thousand dollars is crumbs
He's always been a millionaire -- he grew up in a house with millions.
This trying to pin point folks as not being able to relate because they have money can't work with this President.
Considering that Nancy Pelosi is worth more than $29 million dollars, I'm sure $1,000 is crumbs to her. Ask the majority of Americans who cannot pull $500 out of savings for an emergency if the $1,000 is crumbs to them. Ask the low wage workers like those at Walmart or Disney who are receiving the money, and I'm sure they would say $1,000 is not crumbs. It doesn't surprise me that a super rich woman like Pelosi thinks that $1,000 is nothing. It does, however, show how out of touch she is with the middle class. What will she say next, "let them eat cake?"
If you're getting $1000 from Walmart, you're not a low-wage worker. You're someone who's worked for them for a couple of decades, presumably working your way up the employment ladder. Here's what workers really got:
then again, that should have been obvious when someone like Nancy Pelosi is your speaker and the 2016 Dem candidate spent most of her time doing Hollywood fundraiserse
Trumps tax cuts do the following,
Raise workers income by 0.8%
Raise middle class Americans income by 1.5%
Raise the richest 1% of Americans income by 13.5%
Raise the richest 0.1% of Americans income by 14.2% https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetno...nalysis-finds/
Part of the job cuts is due to having no cashiers at their stores. Using technology for checkout.
Maybe this is due to the $15 minimum wage movement, and to Obama care and effect on bussiness'.
I have never went to a self checkout lane and never will due to supporting human jobs.
And how does the $15 min wage fight in CA and OR effect all the closings and automated registers in Deep Red states?
then again, that should have been obvious when someone like Nancy Pelosi is your speaker and the 2016 Dem candidate spent most of her time doing Hollywood fundraiserse
This is what I'd expect to hear from a corporate bootlicker, who thinks workers should celebrate anything their bosses throw at them like it's mana from heaven. Not only does the bonus equate to less than .50/hr increase in pay, it's even taxed at a higher rate than if it was given as a .50/hr raise.
$1000 is fine b/c money is money. But let's not act like this is some move to reverse the trend of wage stagnation or to close the earnings gap that the lower to middle class workers have fallen into or that will have any impact on the economy by Q2. Much like Trump is what a dumb person's idea of smart person, this is what a raise looks like to people who are financially illiterate.
The Democrats stand for NOTHING. They have nothing to run on. They're dead.
They are the anti-American party now.
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