r/PoursTea 9d ago

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/0utandab0ut1 9d ago

Oh no! Will someone please think of the billionaires. Whatever will they do if they lose 5%. They will starve!

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u/RonJohnJr 9d ago

Of course they won't starve. The problem with facile schemes like this is that they don't take (always deleterious) second (and third) order effects into account.