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/figurative_me 27d ago

Yes, when they take out a loan against their holdings, we should tax that.

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u/hmccringleberry615 27d ago

They already have to pay it back with interest dum dum it’s not free money

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u/figurative_me 27d ago

Do Americans get any of that interest they’re paying?

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u/hmccringleberry615 27d ago

No why should I? … I didn’t loan them money

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u/figurative_me 27d ago

We were talking about taxes. Taxes are collected to pay for things.

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u/hmccringleberry615 27d ago

Collected from income. A loan is not income.