Thanks to Susan Schwartz for this gem.

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gailj2 says:

December 15, 2017 at 2:19 pm

This is a must watch message to Ryan & McConnell about the Tax Bill in West Virginia speak complete with a quote from the Bible. Thanks Diane and Susan. I have walked a tiny part. I have been a reporter in Easter KY. This ring so true of country wisdom.

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AlwaysLearning says:

December 15, 2017 at 2:34 pm

She speaks for so many. Unbelievable gall of these legislators. The 99% outnumbers the 1%-time to vote them all out of office especially since they won’t pass term limits.

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Laura H. Chapman says:

December 15, 2017 at 4:57 pm

Really terrific.
I am circulating it.
Thanks to Susan and Diane. I hope this goes viral and gets on the national news.

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Susan Lee Schwartz says:

December 15, 2017 at 5:52 pm

It’s me! Susan Lee Schwartz, and I want to tell you why this video had such an impact, and at the end I have some more links that will blow your mind…because you are HEARING NOTHING ABOUT THE THE PARADISE PAPERS… this incredible revelations of the GRAND THEFT of the wealth of this nation, while the the working people are robbed.

With passion in that incredible rising voice, Portia pointed a finger at the utter contempt for everything that is on display, today–, not just the support of Moore. Grandma Portia’s shrill but powerful voice made it clear that NOT ONLY would the tax bill be a POISON PILL, to end everything that WE THE PEOPLE were given by The New Deal, but it showed UTTER CONTEMPT for our laws, our rules, and the WORKING PEOPLE.

Moreover, the leader of the Senate and the President of the US wanted that monstrous creature to win a set in the Senate, so they could pass a bill that would blow up the deficit, and allow them to END SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.

You do know, that this WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG!

She nailed it , for me, with her cries of WE THE PEOPLE…those who WORK FOR A LIVING in a nation where 3 billionaires have more money than half of the US population. http://www.greanvillepost.com/2017/11/10/three-billionaires-are-wealthier-than-half-the-us-population/
BUT I HAVE MANY MORE GREAT LINKS THAT TELL THE STORY OF THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY — as our SCHOOLS GO DOWN and propaganda wins over even good people like those whom we saw sobbing in Alabama– when that critter was defeated.

Paul Krugman describes the CONTEMPT ON DISPLAY: Republicans Despise the Working Class : https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/opinion/republicans-working-class-taxes.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20171215&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=1&nlid=50637717&ref=headline&te=1
“Republicans don’t seem able to help themselves: Their disdain for ordinary working Americans as opposed to investors, heirs, and business owners runs so deep that they can’t contain it.And now that disdain has been translated into legislation, in the form of a bill that treats anyone who works for someone else — that is, the vast majority of Americans — as a second-class citizen. As that terrible, no good, very bad tax bill heads for a final vote, something has been added to the mix… they don’t treat all Americans with a given income the same. Instead, their bill hugely privileges owners, whether of businesses or of financial assets, over those who simply work for a living.And this privileging of non-wage income isn’t an accident. Modern Republicans exalt “job creators,” that is, people who own businesses directly or indirectly via their stockholdings. Meanwhile, they show implicit contempt for mere employees.

“The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has evaluated the Senate bill, which the final bill is expected to resemble. It finds that the bill would reduce taxes on business owners, on average, about three times as much as it would reduce taxes on those whose primary source of income is wages or salaries. For highly paid workers, the gap would be even wider, as much as 10 to one.” For example this “a partner in a real estate development firm might get a far bigger tax cut than a surgeon employed by a hospital, even though their income is the same.”

Here are some more links from me, Susan Lee Schwartz –who writes at a News SITE and is required to offer links! If you go to them, you will GRASP who is running the ole Mitch and Paul.Make no mistake about this, my friends who trust my voice, thIs tax bill is a gift to the ‘gilded ones’— to the corporations , who have committed grand theft already, and who stash their gains in Paradise!
WATCH THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQSikwu-5A&feature=em-lss
AND BE AMAZED THAT THIS WAS NOT blasted from the media!
| Micah White of “The Guardian” asks: Why aren’t the streets full of protest about the Paradise Papers? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/10/protest-paradise-papers-micah-white?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=251918&subid=24165609&CMP=GT_US_collection

Here are but a few of my links to the Paradise Papers…which never made the headlines — although 80 journalists from The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, and other organizations around the WORLD worked a year, searching millions of documents — in secret—in order to discover the truth!
The revelations in the Paradise Papers followed quickly on the release of the Panama Papers revealed by The International Consortium of Independent Journals (ICIJ) —
a group of dedicated journalists who recognized that they could not honestly report on tax evasion when they were working for mainstream media. The media barons and major advertisers are prime users of the tax evasion system. So these journalists gave up successful and lucrative careers to dedicate themselves to exposing offshore tax fraud. The Panama and Paradise Papers are a tribute to their courage, sacrifice, and dedication.

Thomas Frank, also from “The Guardian” asks: Why have we built a paradise for offshore billionaires? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=251767&subid=24165609&CMP=GT_US_collection
“It’s not enough to say, in response to the Paradise Papers revelations, that we already knew that rich people parked their money in offshore tax havens, where their piles accumulate far from the scrutiny of our government. Nor is it enough to say that we were already aware that we live in a time of “inequality.” What we have learned this week is the clinical definition of the word. What we have learned is how much the rich and the virtuous have been hiding away and where they’re hiding it. Yes, there are sinister-looking Russian capitalists involved. But there’s also our favorite actors and singers. Our beloved alma mater, supposedly a charitable institution. Everyone with money seems to be in on it.”

More from From “The NY Times”: Scouring the Paradise Papers, With the Help of Almost 400 New Friends: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/insider/paradise-papers-appleby-leak-icij.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ti_20171110&nl=times-insider&nl_art=7&nlid=50637717&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

The Paradise Papers: How Ridiculously Easy It Is For The Rich To Avoid Taxes https://rantt.com/the-paradise-papers-how-ridiculously-easy-it-is-for-the-rich-to-avoid-taxes-15b082cffb68

Grandma Portia in Appalachia and Grandma Susan out’ta Brooklyn indeed YEARN for a country where the working people flourish instead of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

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- Yvonne Siu-Runyan says:
  
  December 16, 2017 at 10:09 am
  
  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Susan.
  
  I hope KARMA gets Dump and the rest of those _____.
  
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Susan Lee Schwartz says:

December 15, 2017 at 6:02 pm

Here is the link re THE PARADISE PAPERS hat you should have seen first

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Katie says:

December 15, 2017 at 8:40 pm

Portia Boulger is a BAT. She gets it ^O^

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