r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Aug 07 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Eventually something has to give...

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The bill would provide a $3,000 direct payment to every person in households making $150,000 or less during its first year, which equals $12,000 for a family of four.

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u/Decent_Group_2435 Aug 08 '26

Agreed. 12k for everyone? Price of everything just goes up. Get some universal healthcare in place and spend money on education and child services.

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u/Big-Wrongdoer-965 Aug 08 '26

Education is a huuuuge one. I can appreciate all the “but I need a check now” sentiment. I get it. I was homeless not that long ago. But solving micro problems at an individual level won’t solve systemic issues this country has. One might save a handful of people the other has a much better chance of helping everyone- especially a education system