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Do you pay federal taxes? Do you get federal service? Does your government gets federal grant money to fund projects and services? Do you rely on social securit

• liontwist 2y ago
  Did they stop social security, Medicare, or Medicare? What will happen when I pay federal taxes?
  • ceejayoz 2y ago
    Medicaid was disrupted last week. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/medicaid-freeze.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/medicaid-free...
    • liontwist 2y ago
      This is an article about a temporary web server outage.
      • ceejayoz 2y ago
        What a funny coinkydink for it to go down at the exact same time they ordered a "stop all the payments!" directive!
        • liontwist 2y ago
          I think economic and social life in the United States will continue.
          • ceejayoz 2y ago
            Economic and social life existed during the Great Depression, but that needn't make it a goal.
            • liontwist 2y ago
              Well this just confirms this is hyperbole. Auditing and cutting federal agencies is not going to cause a Great Depression
              • drawkward 2y ago
                Where'd you get your economics degree from?
                • liontwist 2y ago
                  Is that what the economic community is saying will happen? Would you listen to me if you found out I had one?
• dgfitz 2y ago
  Do you pay federal taxes? (Yes) Do you get federal service? (No) Does your government gets federal grant money to fund projects and services? (No) Do you rely on social security payments? (No) Maybe your parents does. (No) What about medicaid and medicare? (No) My concern level is quite low.
  • jenkstom 2y ago
    U.S. Treasury bills underpin the financial systems of the world, but most especially that of the United States. This is an ELE for the US.
    • dgfitz 2y ago
      What exactly is the concern here? Someone is going to rm -rf / on some magical server holding all the t-bills in the world? This is not a thing that will happen.
      • drawkward 2y ago
        You trust these incompetent clowns way more than I do, apparently. /me points to the "Four Seasons" Press Conference /me points to Tesla /me points to X /me points to any of Trump's business ventures /me points to Trump's "billionaire" status
        • dgfitz 2y ago
          I don't trust anyone, least of all an elected official. Was my actual point not clear to you, and this is why you moved the goalposts of the conversation?
    • liontwist 2y ago
      Why do you think treasuries are at risk of not being paid?
    • mynameishere 2y ago
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