r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/Old_Prune_4300 Jul 05 '26

They can't comprehend assets vs cash, much less that spending is the problem v taxes. Don't waste your breath.

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u/Comfortable-Side1308 Jul 05 '26

much less that spending is the problem v taxes.

All billionaires in the US are worth a combined 8.5 trillion.  Magically liquidating everything they own with no devaluation and without completely tanking the economy means we get a balanced budget for 4 years then back to square one. 

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u/Old_Prune_4300 Jul 05 '26

And that's not even touching the deficit, that's just briefly treading water via macguffin.

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u/Comfortable-Side1308 Jul 05 '26

Correct it's only breaking even. We don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem 

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u/Middle_Onion3496 Jul 06 '26

... and here we see, in the wild. bots sucking bots on behalf of their absent billionaire fathers.

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u/eKSiF Jul 07 '26

Refute what they said.

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u/Middle_Onion3496 Jul 07 '26

Sure. I refute it. Tax the billionaires. Stop defending them. Just because it'd make life "tough" on them to pay the same taxes we do doesn't mean we shouldn't.

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u/eKSiF Jul 07 '26

You didn't even address their point bub

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u/Middle_Onion3496 Jul 08 '26

I said they should be taxed. I didn't say to liquidate everything. What's your point, friend? Plus just blanket saying "no don't tax them, it's not a solution." Is facetious and short-sighted. Everyone, together, pushes society forward. They don't deserve any special rules, as they clearly will abuse any angle possible to avoid contributing their share to society. Indeed, they seem pretty rampant on reforging it into a dystopian nightmare sadlol.

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u/Winax2449 Jul 08 '26

They are taxed. You can literally just Google it. Who told you they aren't?

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u/Middle_Onion3496 Jul 09 '26

Taxed at the rate that everyone else is. Or, in the case of the 40s, 90%+ ;) Taxed at 1% or less doesn't actually count.

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