“This is Armageddon,” was how Rep. Nancy Pelosi described the GOP’s tax reform bill back on Dec. 4, before it was passed and inspired companies like AT&T, Boeing, Fifth Third Bank, Wells Fargo, and others to issue employee bonuses, hike wages, commit to domestic reinvestment, and increase philanthropic donations.
Armageddon continued into the new year as Southwest Airlines announced that it, too, would be giving a $1,000 cash bonus to each of its full- and part-time employees.
JUST IN: Southwest Airlines to give all full-time and part-time employees a $1,000 cash bonus on Monday & company will also make $5M in charitable donations and invest in its Boeing fleet due to tax reform passage. https://t.co/YKho1O67Ek
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 2, 2018
ARMAGEDDON https://t.co/TQ8KTFut2I
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 2, 2018
"This is ARMAGEDDON." – Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/euUWylBnK5
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 2, 2018
But I was told tax reform would make thousands die! https://t.co/QATtnXur5h
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/948324488680235008
Look at all this evil capitalism. Bunch of heartless monsters. https://t.co/aNMGm2mrc0
— Micah Eddy (@micah_eddy) January 2, 2018
Horrible news. Bonuses and charitable donations? We all gonna die! https://t.co/X5feX0BqPw
— Oregon Designer (@Easycure) January 2, 2018
Wow! People are dropping like flies! @TheDemocrats https://t.co/pfNzsehgym
— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/GDBlackmon/status/948329980710309889
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Jokes on Southwest, all their employees will already be dead from tax reform/netneutrality/immigrationreform https://t.co/hlBNHTmI7M
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) January 2, 2018
W-w-w-w-w-wait…I thought everyone was dead? https://t.co/ElNyBCbQ9y
— Mickey Euston (@bandof2) January 2, 2018
Wait, #NetNeutrality didn't kill them? https://t.co/7xTCIJSFCv
— Deplorable Petr (@PragueArtist) January 2, 2018
How could this be since airplanes were supposed to fall out of the sky during Net Neutrality's repeal?! https://t.co/7xHtXD6DmI
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) January 2, 2018
Weren’t we all supposed to be paying $2 per Google search by now — those of us left alive and with Internet access, that is.
https://twitter.com/TheTrigger13/status/948333257116016640
#winning https://t.co/gcwQ2laH45
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 3, 2018
C'mon, that's Washington's to waste. https://t.co/ILROEuhvNQ
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) January 3, 2018
Liberal pundits scrambling to mansplain this? https://t.co/h4sGTe2K42
— Leigh (@sybilll) January 2, 2018
They already did that in December, mostly by saying that $1,000 is nothing to a working family.
Thoughts & Prayers to those hurt by this. https://t.co/JeZ3lvZgmY
— ?Erin ? (@MsErinMurray) January 2, 2018
If your driving by an airport today, please be on the lookout for more victims of the #GOPTaxBill
Drive safe. https://t.co/db7bfNiQYh— Texas Guy (@Collinsdw) January 2, 2018
@DNC hardest hit. https://t.co/kdnP0uuZzK
— ItIsGoodToBeQueenOfSpring (@redandright) January 2, 2018
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Update:
The body count is climbing as we speak:
2 – 0 – 1 – 8… this year is starting off really great! We’re ringing it in with a $1,000 win for our #AATeam: https://t.co/B4sgiK2Gs0
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) January 3, 2018
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