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Old 05-21-2015, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
why do we hear complaints about people welfare, but not corporate welfare that's twice the spending? why are we sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to millionaires?
I suppose for similar reasons we don't hear about
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Illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. send $50 billion in remittances to their home countries each year, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The World Bank estimates that number is even higher, closer to $120 billion.
Or the fact why we don't hear about the top 1% paying 37% of personal income taxes or the top 20% paying 80% of the personal income taxes.
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