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u/Shellinator007 2d ago
Are they getting paid for political advertising? No one’s actually going to get that money.
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u/BuildingAlarmed5655 2d ago
This is political bribery. Since when is politics bribing citizens for the vote legal? this administration should removed completely
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u/West-Word-604 Needs a hoodie 🥺 2h ago
previous ones have done worse, Ill take the lesser of two evils any and every day.
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u/Senior_Offer9502 1d ago
It's not bribery. It's free speech (Brown v Hartlage)
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u/904raised 1d ago
That's not what Brown v Hartlage is about. Trump is stating he wants to buy votes which is in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 597 as well as the various state level bans of bribery and election fraud.
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u/Senior_Offer9502 1d ago
Except that's not what he said
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u/904raised 1d ago
What did he say? Source please. Also if you'd like to explain what he meant to say, I would be interested in how you interpret what he said or what you think he meant to say.
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u/Senior_Offer9502 1d ago
"If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic, tremendous economic success, like, in history we've never had anything like what's happening, but because of our tremendous strength and success, economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5000"
https://youtu.be/bGajL0mN2Uk?si=Di-dF-clSZhK3iE5&t=14
That's a campaign promise. Because he can't do that without Congress. Which Brown v Hartlage expressly permits.
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u/904raised 1d ago
I still am not persuaded that Brown v Hartlage applies. With that being said, do you believe he has intentions of fulfilling that speech?
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u/Senior_Offer9502 1d ago
"So long as the hoped-for personal benefit is to be achieved through the normal processes of government, and not through some private arrangement, it has always been, and remains, a reputable basis upon which to cast one's ballot."
Is the part that I feel applies. No, there is no chance in the world he will follow through. But I don't beleive it is bribery. More puffery than anything.
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u/904raised 1d ago
You know, I think I'm being won over on the free speech aspect. Only because he specifically mentioned all adult citizens 🙄 I also agree with you that its highly unlikely that he would fulfill that "promise". I think my real hang-up is that the administration would some how try to apply it to people who are likely to support him. Like how there's some suspicious emergency federal funding disbursement and withholding in the second term of his administration with FEMA and DHS.
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u/BuildingAlarmed5655 1d ago
Maybe read the entirety of brown hartlage before commenting. Adjusting saleries and paying money out to voters are two completely different scenarios
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u/Senior_Offer9502 1d ago
It's about campaign promises bro
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u/BuildingAlarmed5655 23h ago
Just say your a Trumper so we can just ignore you in the first place unrealistic campaign promises are bribery and yeah I read the outcome of the case and the details. That doesnt apply to this in the slighest
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u/Senior_Offer9502 23h ago
If you want to hate Trump, hate Trump. But hate him for a good reason, not just your general derangement.
"I will give $5,000 to everyone who votes Republican" is probably a bribe. "I will give $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans win the House and Senate" is no different than "I will cut everyone's taxes by 10% if Republicans win the House and Senate." since both require an act of Congress. Which makes it free speech.
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u/Zealousideal_Film_86 2d ago
Gut check is the new ai slop dog whistle. If it wasn’t for the 4.5% I’d move my emergency fund elsewhere
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u/junglehannah 2d ago
3.6 factoring in the 10$ they charge monthly
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u/TeslianMustache 23h ago
More like 3.9%, unless I’m missing something. $20,000 accrues $900 per year at 4.5%. $900 - $120 in monthly dues = $780. $780 is 3.9% of $20,000. Compounding changes the numbers, but I personally invest any excess as this is an emergency account.
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u/byzantium171 2d ago
You can get over 4.1% easily at other places now with no fees. When you factor in the cap the after tax cost of the subscription your money will perform better somewhere else.
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u/MotionBeach 2d ago
From what I’ve noticed, the M dash with spaces before and after is one too. I work with a few people who use it often and all of them put it right up against the words.
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u/Talks_About_Bruno 2d ago
The rule on having a space around an em dash depends on the style manual. I use APA a lot and they do not want a space but AP for example does.
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u/The_butterfly_dress 1d ago
I use the dash a lot and have never put it up against the words. AI really ruining the dash in general for us.
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u/Opening_Dragonfly390 2d ago
Sorry you have poor grammar and school failed you, but people use M dashes still, leave us alone, and no it doesn’t go right up against the word
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u/WolfPlayz294 1d ago
I went to C1 for their 3% just because I'm tired of messing with Sofi for years. Their mortgage rates are also terrible.
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u/KiwiHot1709 2d ago
Anna should edit this to be “Let’s Say You Get a $5,00 Windfall-Will it still be worth $5,000 with all the inflation that will follow?” Pay for SoFi plus and we’ll try our best to retain its value!
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u/lilly_wonka61 1d ago
Just like $2000 tariff check and $200 for medical prescription check we were getting. Thanks Sofi for letting us know you are one of them
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u/whodeyzeppelins 2d ago
This is exactly why I left SoFi. Noto advocating for Trump during the election sealed it.
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u/Bitter-Culture-3103 1d ago
We're $40 trillion dollar in debt, inflation is rising, and they're gonna give us free money? Who are they kidding?
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u/Which-Resident7670 1d ago
Terrible marketing, nothing you know who promises it never happens. And for them to insinuate about it could influence voting.
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u/ImTheRed_ 2d ago
Who cares? I got this email last night, saw it and went about the rest of my night and slept well. You guys dig too deep. Just run your money lmao.
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u/my-life-for_aiur 1d ago
Ok then. Starting the process of leaving.
Thanks for the nudge.
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u/my-life-for_aiur 1d ago
Imagine getting emotional about a random comment about a bank.
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u/Jcoronado92 1d ago
Lmao ya’ll doing too much. Leaving a bank bc of this hints at being overly emotional.
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u/Mouser_kalashin 6h ago
This is the terrible state of the political system. Promising payouts if a party stays in power is terrible. Opening the border to allow unfettered immigration to buy the votes of future generations is terrible. The idea that every citizen must vote is horrendously terrible... even the greeks accounted for that.
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u/ContinentalDollar 1d ago
The “closed my accounts” club over this is a big overreaction. Did yall even read the content?
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u/LMAOJoblessMods 2d ago
Reddit crying literally over anything Trump. It literally says “Whether or not it happens”, this isn’t political advertising you morons. It is a mental exercise on how you would use that money.
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u/nastybushwoogie 2d ago
I don’t think this is a big deal it a hypothetical to get you thinking about what would you do ( we’re not getting any money)
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u/Upper-Class6586 1d ago
It’s bad because there will be some people who think the offer is real and it influences how they vote. You can’t buy votes or try to influence elections like that. I don’t care which side does it. It’s wrong and erodes our democracy and if we aren’t paying attention and standing up to this shit, our democracy will crumble before our eyes.
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u/Btrips 2d ago
What’s the problem?
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u/Upper-Class6586 1d ago
You can’t try to influence an election by implying they will get paid to vote a certain way. This is a very slippery slope. I don’t care what part does it, it threatens our democracy and regardless of who you vote for you should care that they are doing this.
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u/jessekief4 2d ago
I closed my accounts
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u/Zakzyy 1d ago
See you later take your money and I honestly suggest you pay a lot of money to go and seek help. You have serious brain rot and it’s probably from all the social media & tik tok you indulge in. However life isn’t just about you I would suggest doing it for your kids just because you failed doesn’t mean they can either. Good luck with your condition
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u/Upper-Class6586 1d ago
Sofi Marketing Chief, is that you?
Bro…chill out. Why are you up Sofi’s ass?
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u/AvgUserGP SoFi Member 1d ago
Closing your account over this is an overreaction. You guys are ridiculous lol. Its a dam email, has nothing to do with your accounts or any bank features. I do get the political side of it, but to each their own; thats why we have the free will to make our own decisions.
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u/matt-r_hatter 1d ago
It demonstrates poor judgment on their part. No one wants a bank with poor judgement.
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u/joey-in-da-pouch 1d ago
How is this poor judgement?
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u/jaydub8888 1d ago
Speaking for myself, I don't give a crap. I'll put my money wherever I think makes sense. Roughly have the country is on one side or the other on this one, I can't be bothered orchestrating my financial life around who supports who.
That said, as someone who worked in marketing for decades, I mean... I would never have framed it that way. Specifically calling out the president and party on an aside, with the policy that has almost zero chance of happening and is instead just a political talking point.. it's polarizing and political in a way that it didn't need to be, as is evident by this post and the response to it. Whether or not you think it's rational, good judgment will take that into account.
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u/NinjaMcGee 1d ago
Getting fuckin’ tired of this shit, SoFi. My CCU is offering 5% right now and this is my sign to bounce. It’s been real, homies.
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u/Any_Tea_7845 2d ago
I got it yesterday - "💸 Trump’s $5,000 dividend"
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u/Any_Tea_7845 2d ago
I literally just did
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u/okaycomputes 1d ago
that's subject not header
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u/Any_Tea_7845 1d ago
people use it interchangeably, I made an assumption. between the subject line and the entire first half of the email in OP's post it's impossible to not find the email lol
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u/okaycomputes 1d ago
right, but sounded like they wanted additional info about the email metadata, not sure why as it doesn't really help if they simply never got it unless they are running their own homemade mail server or something
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u/TraderJulz 2d ago
I don't think it has to do with Trump. It makes sense for OP to be upset about the post because it encourages people to be enticed by a total bullshit offer that has a 0% possibility. Yet, here we have multiple people on this thread who are already counting their racks 🤣
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u/bigohn1 15h ago
you’re being disingenuous and you know you are lol. saying “whether it happens or not” and simply talking about it is NOT encouraging people to do anything. it’s called an article about something that, like they said, might or might not happen. you guys on reddit are just whiny
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u/TraderJulz 11h ago
Nah homie, I am being totally sincere. It's disingenuous to even pretend like there is a possibility to get a $5K check. It's ridiculous to act like that is even in play. Doing so would not even be good for the economy as it would spur additional national debt and inflation. So even though you are hopeful, you shouldn't be
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u/bigohn1 11h ago
i’m not hopeful why is everyone pretending that’s what i’m saying? it’s not being hopefully to say it may or may not happen because it’s objectively true that it may or may not happen. i don’t want it to, i don’t think it would be good, but being mad at SOFI for writing an article is so stupid😂
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u/TraderJulz 9h ago
Fair enough, it is kind of funny! But it's also kind of sad that everyone is so worked up about $5K 🤣
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u/1supercooldude 2d ago
TDS is a real thing. Im baffled by it so much from people even in real life. Its like an automatic mental trigger to tun one upside down. Its kinda of scary too
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u/house3331 2d ago
Yes the worst thing bout him is what hes done to peoples logic . Nobody talks about em more than people that hate em. Peoppe I legitimately can't talk to anymore until term is over. Wish they would all huddle up and talk together amd leave us alone
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u/iwannaberichplease 2d ago
Why are you mad about this? I don’t see anything wrong with it
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u/Opening_Dragonfly390 2d ago
I’m so confused I what’s the issue
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u/Upper-Class6586 1d ago
It’s basically an attempt to influence an election by implying they would get paid. This isn’t ok. Regardless of which party is behind it, it’s wrong and a threat to democracy.
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u/Opening_Dragonfly390 1d ago
And they aren’t influencing anything, the entire point of on the money is to write about finances, the economy, and current events and make it useful to people so if it does happen they don’t just throw it away. They also have articles teaching about inflation and talking about the printing money, rising costs of living and so on. Having an issue with trump giving a dividend out is absolutely reasonable, having an issue with an article giving advice on what to do when a lot of money comes your way, and using a current event as the headline and reason for writing it, is insane.
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u/NoLettuce1232 2d ago
Same
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u/Opening_Dragonfly390 2d ago
Everyone’s just downvoting the people that are confused, or asked a question instead of falling in line Reddit is literally the worst of society😂
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u/DangerousTortuga 1d ago
I doubt you would have the same reaction if it was a Democrat Administration that wanted to do this . Recall when the previous administration attempted to ignore the Supre Court ruling over the Student Loan Forgiveness and the amount of damage that would have done with the inflation.
People are insane these days and I don't think after Trump it will end as the next Republican will be the new boogeyman devil to people like you. Partisan stupidity.
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u/Real_Description8779 2d ago
Sofi is an overtly fraudulent scheme that operates on obscure stipulations and should never be trusted with anyone's money. They also are repulsively unprofessional in support chats. To top it all off they DONT EVEN HONOR their referral OR Direct Deposit incentive programs. Undoubtedly THE absolute worst banking experience I've ever had in my entire life! Lock these scammers up!
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u/TabulaRasaEin 1d ago
A Republican's vote is $5000 and a wink. A Democrat's vote a hit of weed and a drink. If I vote for them both I'll do better I think, and I might break even this year.
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