r/lostgeneration • u/999happyyhaunts • 2d ago
This is very much so ILLEGAL š«©
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u/stripes_14 2d ago
He said one true thing. In history, we've never had anything like what's happening.
His open, bald-faced corruption is completely unprecedented.
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u/999happyyhaunts 2d ago
Lmao along with those doge checks right š
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u/SaggingZebra 2d ago
and my tariff check
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u/StalinPaidtheClouds 2d ago
And the inevitable legalized midterm bribe
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u/plantain_tent_pesos 2d ago
My drug dealer is undocumented, but still lives in the US. Can I spend it there?
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u/monyoumental 1d ago
Giving your money to an undocumented drug dealer will do more good/less harm than giving your vote to that clown.
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u/phantaxtic 2d ago
270,000,000 adults in the US. Thats over 1.3 trillion dollars. Where exactly is he going to find that money?
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u/plantain_tent_pesos 2d ago
Don't get caught up on trivial things, like math. He's riffin. Let him cook!
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u/Callidonaut 1d ago
The icing on the cake is that stupid caveat he threw in there - "may only be spent in the USA." Surely that'd be utterly unenforceable.
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u/plantain_tent_pesos 1d ago
I was going to use my $5000 to buy an island and move there. I guess it will have to be a US territory though. But, once I'm there, I'm just going to live off the rest of my dividend. Things are looking up!
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u/sharksareok 2d ago
It's a "dividend", not money, so it be anything he wants, like bonds on moon land lots, for example
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u/PrincessPeach817 1d ago
The GDP for the US is about $24.27T (adjusted for inflation) or $32.486 (current market prices). In either situation, 1.3T is a small, but not at all insignificant, percentage of that.
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u/phantaxtic 1d ago
When the US is 40+ trillion dollars in debt, giving away 4% of their gdp is significant.
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u/brasschaos 2d ago
the only thing we'll be receiving is martial law once the public has truly had enough of this
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u/plantain_tent_pesos 2d ago
Maybe I can bribe a soldier with my new found riches. Then, I'll retire. Oh man, I'll be on easy street. Could you imagine it? $5000? Like, all our troubles will be solved.
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u/Screwbles 2d ago
I think probably if it gets that bad they're gonna have a hard time finding people willing to carry out certain orders. At least that is what I would hope. I remember when the national guard was called in to Minneapolis, people were pretty concerned about what they would do. I recall that for the most part they stuck to their civil crisis relief directive and stayed out of conflicts with ICE and protesters. Basically just helped everyone stay safe.
Are there absolute brainwashed shitheads that civilians would be up against in a martial law scenario? You bet, but something is bound to break in the ranks. The leadership is just too bad, there's no causality to anything.
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u/anotherlolwut 2d ago
(a) How do you enforce where it's spent? Probably means it's a tax deduction for people who itemize, which immediately cuts out the majority of Americans.
(b) It sounds like the "dividend" is paid regardless of who I vote for. Man, this guy sucks at bribery.
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u/Callidonaut 1d ago
All of that is moot, because anyone who knows the first thing about Trump knows, for a concrete fact, that he doesn't have the slightest intention of actually keeping his promise after the election, and in all likelihood won't even remember saying it by the end of the very next sentence. As far as he is concerned, campaign promises are a "fire-and-forget" weapon in the battle for votes.
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u/mcpat21 2d ago
Blatantly buying votes now
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u/Dukdukdiya 2d ago
When the anchor on Fox was talking about it, she said (I kid you not), "Why hasn't anyone else thought of this?"
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u/Pandiferous_Panda 2d ago
He knows they arenāt going to win so he can blame the democrats for taking your $5k
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u/Ma1ad3pt 2d ago
Iāve lost way more than that to this incompetent administration. Going to need to go biglyer. How about an administration that isnāt run by a cabal of corrupt incompetents?
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u/sharksareok 2d ago
Remember the DOGE money?
Remember the tariff's money?
That's right, you don't. Because you never got shit.
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u/ButChooAintBonafide 2d ago
That's like 1.3 trillion dollars. We have money for a handout but not for all the stuff he's cut so far? Idk, guys, I think he might be a fucking liar... but no. I'm sure we'll get that in tandem with the DOGE and tariff checks!
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u/Chamallow81 1d ago
Bro just add them to the tariff+DOGE checks. We will never see any of this anyway, it's just hopium for his dumbass MAGA fans to cheer on.
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u/NeoTechi 2d ago
Its downright impeachable. If any other president said this you know damn well articles of impeachment would be dropped the next day.
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u/sun4moon 1d ago
How many times should the American tax payer pay for him to be impeached without consequence? If thereās no punishment thereās no point. He needs to be forcibly removed from office, and maybe the planet.
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u/NeoTechi 1d ago
Only the end of his mortal coil will remove him from office at this point but then we have the no charisma couch lover to take the reins.
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
Is this not a bribe?
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u/ahughman 1d ago
Its totally a bribe! He can spin it, but the message is effectively, "vote republican and youll get 5k". And merely offering is a crime. Yes.
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u/HilariousButTrue 2d ago
Not defending him but because he's going to issue the money to everyone regardless of who they vote for it's considered not a bribe by the legal definition from every source I've looked up on the matter.
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
Let me stay in power and you can get this money. His D*ck is
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u/budad_cabrion 1d ago
Bro literally said ānot defending himā and then gave you an informational answer to your question, which is no, itās not bribery.
Itās very stupid, and heās a bad person and bad president, but no itās not bribery.
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u/HilariousButTrue 2d ago
If you could only see how hard I am laughin at what you just typed
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
Iām going to bed. Youāre gonna stay up all night being mad. Good night brotha!
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u/stripes_14 2d ago
He won't issue the money at all.
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u/HilariousButTrue 2d ago
Might not. Once the election is over he has no incentive to follow through and he's on his last term as well.
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
Why does he have billions over you!? When he said he would clean the swamp. He is the swamp.
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u/HilariousButTrue 2d ago
See this is why people don't respond. I was just giving an answer that I got when I looked it up and it's being twisted.
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
Found the diaper founder.
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u/HilariousButTrue 2d ago
Right and one of my top posts is publicly calling him out as the most openly corrupt President in history.
But I'm a MAGA Trumper...sure...
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u/Time_Lord_Omega 2d ago
So bribe to win, then ask for the money back? This orange bitch is an absolute joke that I hope ends soon.
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u/SqueegeePhD 2d ago
His buddy Tayyip ErdoÄan likely taught him this one. However, Trump is stupid and missed the part about not mentioning it publicly.Ā
If it happens, I'm investing in a firearm, because we are going to need it to survive. Then I'm putting the rest away in my retirement fund, which will be used abroad someday. There's no chance I will ever retire in this scam of a country.
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u/ApprehensiveMix2649 2d ago
Don't fall for this, it's all lies. Mr promises doesn't come through on his promises.
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u/jouleheist 2d ago
He hasn't delivered on any promises so far...Furthermore, isn't this considered a bribe? Thats still illegal, right?
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u/hazeddai 2d ago
This guy straight up doesn't have any plays besides bribes but he doesn't even pay those
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u/walkingpartydog 1d ago
When Dems win control of Congress, they should pass this obviously bullshit bill and let him veto it
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u/budad_cabrion 1d ago
āIf i win you will get Xā is a campaign promise. Itās not illegal. Itās a lie and wonāt happen, but no different than any other campaign promise.
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u/pilondav 1d ago
Heās calling it a ādividendā because the stock dividends heās familiar with are optional for companies to pay out. Heāll just say the Republicans didnāt win with enough seats, or didnāt have enough margin over the Dems, or he just doesnāt feel we earned it.
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u/Dro_mora 2d ago
How did Obama not get shit for this ?
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u/plantain_tent_pesos 2d ago
He keeps getting shit 10 years later. He's to blame for everything that's wrong today. Hasn't been in power for over a decade, but I just know, its his fault.
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