Until the 1980s these stock buybacks weren’t even legal. The Reagan era fundamentally gutted the US economy of any moral or ethical constrictions. Their mantra was “Let corporations do whatever they want!” And God help us, too many of them did and they do. cnn.com/2020/09/11/business/…

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All congress had to do was use the desire for buy backs as leverage. “Corporations May buy back x% per quarter as long as they do y for their workers” but no, cuz politicians are lobbyist water carriers
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“We have an economic rather than a humanitarian bottom line.” Marianne Williamson
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Republicans speak of him as a saint. It's as of they have no understanding of English, not to mention "cause and effect"
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And CNN had a hand in silencing some really great candidates in the primaries. Cancel them. This trite pandering lands on deaf ears after what they did. Also aren't they owned by AT&T? Cancel AT&T too.
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here's what we can do to start the REAL nonviolent Revolution - and it starts with your bank thelocalrevolution.org
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Sure ... if they have $10 extra dollars ... they will spending it on themselves ... instead of on their employees. What they don't realize ... is that if they spend it on their employees ... it will come back to them 10 fold ...
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I was just stating this to my mother two days ago!
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Replying to @marwilliamson @martingugino
The Dow Jones was 650.
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Dems have had 32 yeas to change the laws/regulations. I am sure we can pull them left after the election though. You can count on it. This time will be different.
Replying to @marwilliamson @litbrit
Because they pushed their conservative judges through that ruled in their favor while Democrats didn't take judicial appointments as seriously, still don't.
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