Scenes from the class war (5.25)

Scenes from the class war (5.25) May 25, 2016

It’s a matter of economic justice and it makes sense.”

“Those loans, on average, were for just under $1,000 and had annual interest rates of just under 300 percent.”

“These toys set out in the bail bondsman’s waiting room seem sensible, and are only a punch to the gut when you stop to think about them.”

In only two states  —  South Dakota and Wyoming  —  is infant childcare affordable (affordability is defined as requiring 10 percent or less of a family’s income).”

“We need immigrants. Who’s going to vacuum our living rooms and clean up after us?”

“You need to know what really goes on behind the walls of those poultry plants.”

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“If we’re all going to live to 100 years, and you’re trying to make women in their 50s stop working, what are we going to do for the next 50 years?”

“People think of banking secrecy as all about terrorists and drug smugglers, but the truth is there are a lot of rich people who don’t want to pay taxes.”

“Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been linked to anonymous companies created by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.”

“This is the second time this week that Trump has revealed a profound ignorance of an issue related to government debts.”

“Obama said at the time that the public could judge his record by where Elkhart stood after the administration’s agenda took effect.”

“One of the two fundamental problems with American welfare policy is that at its core, it assumes that the poor are morally deficient and need to be fixed.”

“Cooks, dishwashers, and food preparers, along with stock/office clerks and retail salespeople, were among the largest low-wage worker groups experiencing weekly minimum wage violations.”

A tax on tampons and pads is a tax on women.”

Politicians should know better than to take ‘blood money’ and pretend all is good.”

“Up until now, the financial advisers who help retirees decide where to put their investments could legally steer clients toward decisions that made themselves more money at their clients’ expense.”

“Instead of investing in real forms of economic growth that produced wealth for everybody, they invested in the biggest vulture that there is.”

“Cable companies are simply increasing the rate you pay for cable TV while claiming not to be increasing the rate you pay for cable. It’s impressive, in its own way.”

“While $22,000 a year doesn’t make for an easy life, it feels at least a bit more feasible than trying to get by on what some Walmart cashiers and sales associates were previously making.”

“The company itself pulls in $4.5 billion in sales each year. But very few Members make any real money off the products.”

“Popoff’s daughter went to Costco every week, says Sanchez, and returned with ordinary bottled water, which would be repackaged as ‘miracle spring water’ and sent out along with a request for ‘a gift of love, faith and obedience to God’ in the form a donation.”

“If you purchased prayer services from Christian Prayer Service or Oracion Cristiana between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2015, you can receive a full refund.”

“Our legal system treats you better if you’re rich and guilty than if you’re poor and innocent.”


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