The cruise industry registers as foreign companies to avoid paying US taxes. Now they want US bailout money.
Now the same Republicans who say immigrants who pay US taxes shouldn’t get help are bending over backwards to give Money-mouth face to foreign companies who DON’T pay taxes.
Insane.
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I just don’t understand how it’s reasonable to expect what could be millions of people and small businesses, who suddenly had their incomes cut off, to pay rent, mortgages, & major bills on Apr 1st without any payment moratoriums or immediate relief.
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For days, major CEOs & certain powerful people have been admitting, in clear terms, that they are willing to sacrifice people’s lives for their profits, but are NOT willing to sacrifice their profit for people’s lives.
Remember this lesson, bc it informs a LOT of US policy.
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The developments of this Senate relief bill are concerning.
We are hearing lots of vague statements, but not a single member of Congress has seen actual bill text.
It seems to give a *HALF TRILLION DOLLARS* away to big corporations, w/ few worker protections.
Half a trillion.
