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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Everett True calls out rich tax dodgers (September 22, 1916) (lemmy.world)
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Printed 108 years ago today in the Chicago Day Book. I modified the image Brightness and Contrast.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A couple questions:

  • I'm not sure what a "labor grinder" is. Someone who grinds down laborers?
  • Not sure what "discount everybody's bills" means. It doesn't sound like a good thing.
[–] odium 16 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing they mean paycheck by bills?

So they discount (lower) their employees' paychecks?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

  1. I think you're right about "labor grinder."

  2. I think they follow the Trump method of not paying people who bill them for goods or services rendered, or claiming a "discount" and only paying part. Like him, they know the creditors usually can't afford to take it through court.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Labour grinder could mean his workers (labourers) are worked (grinded) to the bone.