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Week Ahead: The "we can't afford it" bullsh*t

Even the mainstream media is misleading America about Biden's plan

Robert Reich
Oct 18, 2021
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Congress is back this week, so you can expect more of the “we can’t afford it” bullsh*t from every Republican member of Congress and two Democratic senators (Manchin and Sinema) — aimed against Biden’s and the Democrats’ social investment bill.

Behind the scenes, big corporations and Wall Street are paying huge bucks to feed this hokum to the public. An…

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