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How about start by just waving all taxes for individuals for the year.

• jbarciauskas 7y ago
  What? Who cares about taxes when you don't have cash in your pocket or food on your table
  • improv32 7y ago
    Your entire withholding from 2019 would be returned as a tax refund, thus the cash
    • jbarciauskas 7y ago
      That's incredibly regressive. Give money to people who will spend it.
• geofft 7y ago
  Why? I can pay my taxes just fine and I'm still employed because I'm a software engineer. Is there an argument that this will benefit either the economy or keep Americans alive beyond the general, non-crisis argument to get rid of taxes? Also, what's the plan for paying for government services, such as the military budget that's funding the Army Corps of Engineers that's building emergency ICUs?
• bosswipe 7y ago
  That doesn't help the millions of recently unemployed. Especially if it takes months for the economy to recover and for those unemployed to be rehired.