working class Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/working-class/ A platform for change Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:55:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 After $1.9 trillion giveaway to rich, McConnell calls debt relief for working class ‘slap in the face’ https://flux.community/becca-hawkins/2022/08/after-1-9-trillion-giveaway-to-rich-mcconnell-calls-debt-relief-for-working-class-slap-in-the-face/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:00:26 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12144 Five years after U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell aggressively pushed a $1.9 trillion tax cut package that disproportionately benefited corporations and the wealthiest Americans, progressives on Wednesday were uninterested in his complaints about President Joe Biden’s cancellation of some student debt for working Americans. “You should sit this one out,” government watchdog Public Citizen suggested […]

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