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>If they were forced to re-patriate and pay taxes on that cash, how could that not "help the poor"? That would mostly benefit politicians and their beneficiari
by djrogers 12y ago
>If they were forced to re-patriate and pay taxes on that cash, how could that not "help the poor"?
That would mostly benefit politicians and their beneficiaries, not exactly 'the poor'. Very little of the $$ spent by the government helps 'the poor', unless you're counting our severely underpaid military.
- hnnewguy 12y ago>Very little of the $$ spent by the government helps 'the poor Do you have any idea what the aggregate size of transfer payments are in the US? Yes, you can point to inefficiencies all over the place, but it doesn't change the fact that there is a massive social net for the poor in the US.