Protest against Republican tax bill breaks out in US cities
[PRESSTV] Thousands of protesters have carried out demonstrations in major US cities to express their anger over the narrowly passed Republican tax bill that will offer huge tax cuts for US corporations and the wealthiest Americans.
Individuals of all ages and demographics marched on Monday in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
's financial district, where clusters of banks, trusts, and other upper class Americans work.
The protesters carried signs and chanted for equality and for Republican senators to be held accountable for approving the sweeping tax overhaul.
They said the tax bill will make significant cuts to government-sponsored medical insurance and provides large tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country.
"It's a political genocide," Beverley Kirks told Xinhua. | "It's a political genocide," Beverley Kirks told Xinhua.
"They're giving a lot of breaks to the upper class and they're screwing over the working people," Rafael Solis told the official Chinese news agency.
Many Chicago residents see this tax reform as shamelessly benefiting wealthy Americans, in spite of US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s pledge to help the middle class.
"The tax bill is a betrayal of America. It's not acting in the common good," a long-time resident of Chicago said.
Protesters say they will continue to demonstrate against the tax legislation in the coming months in the hope of making a change.
Similar demonstrations were held in several major cities, including Los Angeles, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, and Boston, Massachusetts.
Posted by: Fred 2017-12-06 |