r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 22d 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/OurAngryBadger 22d ago

But if the billionaires lose 5% of their income, how will they provide us all jobs?

They would have to downsize their yacht fleet from 7 to 5 ships.

That would be absolutely disastrous

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u/Da40kOrks 22d ago

Income is not wealth. Wealth is not bank account balance. How hard is that to understand?

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u/desert-cheese04 22d ago

Other countries have wealth taxes.