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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I agree, the point I was making is that the Walmart workers should have taken their place as the middle class earners, and that Walmart should be paying similar taxes to what Ford used to pay. Instead what has happened is the workers are making next to nothing, while the employer has seen their taxes reduced to almost nothing. Trump promises jobs, but more lower paying jobs isn't the answer. Back in those days the higher tax revenue from businesses was used to build the countries infrastructure, which created good paying jobs, which lead to greater tax revenue and higher consumer spending to keep the economy growing. Corporations were still rich, workers just weren't dirt poor.
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right, but now the Republicans tell the people, they will bring those days back with tax cuts to the rich and corporations.
I also read an alarming stat this past weekend on how many retail jobs have been lost in the past decade or so. Can't remember the exact number, but it was big.