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"It never trickles down": Bernie Sanders hits out at Microsoft over mass layoffs and console price rises (www.ign.com)

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He cited the fact that Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump & paid its CEO $96 million.

Corporate tax breaks don't create jobs. Real change needs to happen to balance this wealth inequality.

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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 9 points 23 hours ago

I've had a conversation with several coworkers trying to get them to connect the dots between "you get paid by the hour" - "if you produce more per hour, you don't get paid more" - "the owners keep the profits" - "they'll never let you just work less"

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

I have similar conversations with coworkers that end with "and that's why we all ought to start working less".

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