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Octafish

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1. Working families are what built this country.

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 08:42 AM

Jun 2015

Their work, now monetized, moves offshore where its new owners are safe from the tax man and is free to go and grow across new borders of opportunity.

Seeing how Obama campaigned as a Democrat who said he favored workers over corporations, I can understand why it's the working families' own fault for not being born billionaires.

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Elizabeth Warren: "Trade agreements should not benefit industry only" [View all] RiverLover Jun 2015 OP

Working families are what built this country. Octafish Jun 2015 #1

While campaigning, he left out the part that the workers he favored are the lobbyists & RiverLover Jun 2015 #3

No. He was just lying. Start to finish, all lies. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #5

That's what faith-based voting will get us. LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #7

There will no more faith based voting from me, forever. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #10

I know what's missing. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #2

I like it. /nt RiverLover Jun 2015 #4

Corporate trade deals. Corporate wars. Corporate gulags. Corporate governments. jalan48 Jun 2015 #6

Us poor folks Thespian2 Jun 2015 #8

. stonecutter357 Jun 2015 #9