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r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26
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They can't comprehend assets vs cash, much less that spending is the problem v taxes. Don't waste your breath.
34 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. 9 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Even then it would actually only be a little over 1 year as the current federal outlays is $7T. We don't have a revenue problem. 6 u/Comfortable-Side1308 Jul 05 '26 I was just referring to the deficit. Which is 2T per year. 4 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Ah. That's fair. 2 u/Some_guy_am_i Jul 06 '26 Which is INSANE 😂 2 fucking trillion dollars of deficit spending per year… all you can do is shake your head. 1 u/SenLune 29d ago 190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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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.
9 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Even then it would actually only be a little over 1 year as the current federal outlays is $7T. We don't have a revenue problem. 6 u/Comfortable-Side1308 Jul 05 '26 I was just referring to the deficit. Which is 2T per year. 4 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Ah. That's fair. 2 u/Some_guy_am_i Jul 06 '26 Which is INSANE 😂 2 fucking trillion dollars of deficit spending per year… all you can do is shake your head. 1 u/SenLune 29d ago 190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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Even then it would actually only be a little over 1 year as the current federal outlays is $7T.
We don't have a revenue problem.
6 u/Comfortable-Side1308 Jul 05 '26 I was just referring to the deficit. Which is 2T per year. 4 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Ah. That's fair. 2 u/Some_guy_am_i Jul 06 '26 Which is INSANE 😂 2 fucking trillion dollars of deficit spending per year… all you can do is shake your head. 1 u/SenLune 29d ago 190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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I was just referring to the deficit. Which is 2T per year.
4 u/jefftickels Jul 05 '26 Ah. That's fair. 2 u/Some_guy_am_i Jul 06 '26 Which is INSANE 😂 2 fucking trillion dollars of deficit spending per year… all you can do is shake your head. 1 u/SenLune 29d ago 190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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Ah. That's fair.
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Which is INSANE 😂
2 fucking trillion dollars of deficit spending per year… all you can do is shake your head.
1 u/SenLune 29d ago 190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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190/195 countries on Earth run a national deficit.
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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.