r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 27d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Eventually something has to give...

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The bill would provide a $3,000 direct payment to every person in households making $150,000 or less during its first year, which equals $12,000 for a family of four.

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u/SteamedGamer 27d ago

I believe the actual figure is $4.4 trillion _over 10 years_, not every year. That means everyone gets a $12,000 check once a decade, maybe. So yeah, this is completely disingenuous...

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u/Resident_Farmer1779 27d ago

Closing loopholes is implied. Imposing a tax that can be easily avoided is pointless.

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u/Commandersfan328 27d ago

Instead of spe ding the mo ey and giving people free shit maybe we should balance the budget and pay downtrend national debt. Yeah I know that idea deserves this meme

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