From my quick back of the envelop math, AT&T is giving only 9% of their tax savings to employees as bonuses... Why is this being trumpeted so loudly?

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Because that’s how propaganda works. And because hardcore Trumpers won’t think about it hard enough to realize that the middle class is getting screwed by a tax bill that even 60% of *Republicans* realize is designed to help the people who use this app, not the middle class.

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Coincidentally, your AT&T bill just went up 10%.

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AT&T had that pay out planned either way, they are in heavy pr mode now because they need approval for a pretty big merger and trump is such a shithead he will see the news on fox and press for it to be approved, see how easy it is to manipulate trump and his fellow mouth breathers

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I can assure you that I’ve read a number of books OP. Apparently I’ve also learned a bit more about being gracious in conversation. Apologies if my trying to understand your point of view was somehow triggering.

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I agree this is a bad example. Companies giving bonuses as a result of the tax cut is all publicity, the real impact will be how they reinvest the remainder of the money in their business. But you can’t really fault them either.

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9% of year 1 savings. Highly doubt we will see this repeated next year

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OP it is about an amount, clearly you’re indicating that 9% isn’t enough to be “trumpeted”. What’s the %, in your mind, that is “trumpeting” worthy?

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Because of Niels Bohr's Trumpeter theorem of 1944 which states that for someone to be rightfully braggadocios about reallocating tax funds directly to workers, at least 51% of the funds must be reallocated. Read a damn book.

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P1, you’re not being “triggering,” but you are being ridiculous. The point is this: the fact that AT&T offered such tiny scraps out of their cash windfall here (uh, plus the the layoffs they announced concurrently) demonstrates that they didn’t need the tax break in order to give bonuses in the first place. They’ve done this for PR.

And that can be logically concluded without a specific “percentage of righteousness” like you’re asking for. You asked a silly question, so OP gave you a silly answer. No need for the lecture on graciousness, unless you need a lecture on good-faith lines of questioning.

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OP, what’s the correct %, in your mind?

D1- not even the people on this app - the tax cut is designed to help our clients’ owners, the richest 500-1000 people in the country

@P1 - it's not about a "correct" amount. I'm simply stating that this isn't a homerun example of the corporate tax cut windfall going back to the workers.

51%

Curious to know, can you provide some context on why 51% is the right number?

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