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Giving $7B to the gov changes zero. Not a single function of the government will change not a single thing. They should have just thrown it in the trash. At lea
by chasd00 2y ago
Giving $7B to the gov changes zero. Not a single function of the government will change not a single thing. They should have just thrown it in the trash. At least go pay off student loans with a lottery until the money is gone or something, that could help. Maybe pay all the mortgages in a small town or something. What they did by giving it to the gov is the same as setting it on fire in the front yard. It’s kind of upsetting.
- sneak 2y agoThe logical conclusion of this line of thinking is that you must then believe there to be a moral obligation to always pay service people in cash and avoid paying taxes at every possible opportunity. Do I understand your position correctly?
- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]
- ilammy 2y agoDon’t put your words in their mouth. Giving government money doesn’t really change the way government operates. The government has the budget for the year and that’s the spending for the year. If government needs something done, an item gets budgeted, money is borrowed, and paid out to get stuff done. Giving money to the government only offsets the debt; nothing else changes from that besides the number in the spreadsheet.
- IAmNotACellist 2y agoPlus they'll have increased the deficit by $7B by the time the ink dries on the tax payment check.
- consteval 2y agoIf you take this to its logical conclusion then nobody pays taxes and then society falls apart. Clearly, that money does something.