r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire Aug 07 '26

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/DissonantOne Aug 07 '26

I'm so glad to hear that your 'fair share' of other people's wealth is 10% and not 5%.

u/gluepet2074 Aug 07 '26

This argument gets more stale by the day as we watch billionaires buy the officials that help them make more and everyone else less. The masses pay their fucking tax bills.

u/Da40kOrks Aug 07 '26

How about we reduce the power of officials so if they are bought, it's irrelevant? Sounds like a much better solution.

u/Distinct_Bad_6276 Aug 07 '26

Far easier to vote to increase the size of government to gargantuan proportions and then rely on it to provide for your every need