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As we tend to say in Europe, the US is a third-world country wearing a Gucci belt
A Gucci belt made in china
A Gocci belt made in China.
So, pay the government more money (socializing the losses) while the government funnels that same money in to executive pockets (privatizing the gains)??
Don't we already do this with taxes? Why would anyone do this?
You know those payment machines where you walk to a counter, order, and they ask for a tip?
That's what this is, but at a federal level.
Thats already a thing in taxes. There are a few programs you can donate directly to or just pay more to the general government fund. Which is fair enough, whether you're feeling generous or want to throw on a bit extra to cover your ass in case of math error or forgotten revenue that's a reasonable thing to offer though most won't.
But yeah the feds hitting you up for a few bucks on venmo would be bad enough if they hadn't just slashed taxes on the rich, raised them on the poor, ballooned the budget, ramped up tyranny, and slashed the things the government does that actually benefit people.
just fyi - the US national debt is $36 trillion. That's about $110 million per American. So hey folks, what say we all chip in and get that thing paid off!
But wait, we could just make the billionaires pay it! Sorry no, the combined net worth of all 900-ish billionaires in America is less than $7 trillion. That's how deep in debt this country is.
My math came out a little different: $36,000,000,000,000 ÷ 340,000,000 = $105,882 per person.
Still agree with you, though. This is above the median household income, and the people who extract more wealth from this country should also share a greater burden of its debt.
If we taxed the wealthy at 1950s rates we’d get it paid off quickly
Might be 70 years too late, the us's debt is now like $35 trillion or some madness.
Not surprised Thiels/Musks paypal/venmo are onboard.
This is just an absurd attempt to derail arguments about fair taxation by waiving a red herring around about people being able to voluntarily increase their own taxes, as if asking for a fair system is the same as utterly destroying your own solvency.
Tip your landlord
How about give me all the fucking social security I paid over the course of my career first, instead of handing it to like 12 billionaires who definitely don’t need it?
Can I send them a request?
They all ready get my taxes
The bottom half of US wage-earners pay net zero in federal income taxes. The top 10% pay the obscene majority of it.
What I mean is it's a safe bet that any random person whining about their federal tax dollars doesn't actually pay much in, if any.
this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
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