Ryan Collected $500,000 From Koch After House Passed Tax Law

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  1. Jiminy

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    Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law
    That’s peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-paysout-to-ryan-after-
    taxlaw_us_5a63ce41e4b0dc592a09697c?section=us_politics

    Just days after the House passed its version of the federal tax law slashing corporate tax rates, House Speaker Paul Ryan collected nearly $500,000 in campaign contributions from billionaire energy mogul Charles Koch and his wife, according to a recent campaign donor report.

    Koch and his brother David spent millions of dollars to get the tax law passed and are spending millions more in a public relations campaign in an attempt to boost support for the law, The Wall Street Journal reported.

    Koch Industries, one of the largest private corporations in the nation, operates refineries and manufactures a variety of products. The new tax law — which slices corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 21 percent, slashes estate taxes and includes a special deduction for oil and gas investors — is expected to save the Koch brothers and their businesses billions of dollars in taxes.

    More pay-to-play from plutocratic socialists like Charles Koch. Of course, the only people
    who can play in this country's politics are the plutocratic socialists like the Koch Bros.
    This is a country for the rich, by the rich, and for the rich. When Commie Donnie said that
    he would drain the swamp, of course Lying Donnie was lying. The swamp has never been
    bigger........MASA.........MAKING AMERICA SHITHOUSE AGAIN.

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    Quid Pro Quo AKA corruption on steroids under the most corrupt Admin ever.
     
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    Should we visit the Skankipotimus's campaign contributions from Wall Street? LOL!
     
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    It's 2018, trying defending Ryan first.
     
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    So you are supportive of having a plutocratic form of governance?
     
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    You would have some credit if you went after Hildog during the election for her money.

    But you didn't, so you don't.
     
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    YES. This country is on a trajectory of immolation if we don’t change money in politics. BOTH SIDES
     
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    Damn it. I've not sure how I feel about agreeing. :grin:
     
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    Cook at Apple says they will take a $38 billion hit to bring profits home, as a result of Trumps Tax Plan. They also announced other spending they plan to do, but claim Trump's new Tax Plan was not a major contributor to that.

    In the mean time, Soro's turned over $18 billion to his Open Society Foundation to be used to fund Progressive initiatives and support Progressive candidates.

    https://www.americanewshub.com/2017...-nonprofit-network-advances-left-wing-agenda/

    Tom Steyer handed over $91 million to liberal/progressive candidates in 2016 to push his objectives.

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...nor-demands-candidates-pledge-to-impeach.html

    So, what is the point you are trying to make here?
     
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    I think the point here is that it is only outrage-worthy if it benefits a Republican ;) Do I win, Jiminy?? :D
     
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    You mis-spoke, you meant to say Democrats but it is understandable that this would happen to the party of "no" ;).
     
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    What? He only got $500k? He should have got at least a million for that.
     
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    Thou shalt ignore my hy-poc-risay!
     
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    He likely, in reality, got a lot more than that, Mueller is working on it. Now where do you want to side step to?
     
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    Good, that sounded like too little for all that effort.

    I guess trickle down does work.

    Yeah Super Mueller is doing great.
     
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    At least you are consistent about being consistently wrong. I don't like the idea of losing our democracy to plutocratic socialists like Commie Donnie.
     
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    Hypocrisy and conservatism tend to be a match made in hell.
    Con artists say they are against socialism, but support plutocratic socialism
    Con artists say they are against big government, but the corporate welfare state is totally and completely depend on big government.
     
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    Yes we should all aspire to the austere life that Democrats in government live.
     
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    Ah, the excuse everyone who doesn't want to work for what they have uses on a daily basis
     
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    And they are called Republicans.
     
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    Nobody is more dependent on government than right-wing socialists.
     
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    Good one!
     
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    I missed right-wing socialism in school.

    Can you show me where that falls on the spectrum of political ideology?
     
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    Where are all the "pay for play" cries from the conservatives?

    Oh, they stopped as soon as Trump got elected and the GOP congress is executing their antisocial agenda.

    I wonder how much more Ryan is promised by the Kochs for dismantling SS and Medicare?
     
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    The butthurt mileage in this election is spectacular!! Wow!!! :banana:
     
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