I'm all for it honestly, after $40 trillion in debt the least they can do is start giving everyone else some of it before the whole thing collapses
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eh I think people should only be reminded about what happened with his promises of lower grocery prices and how much richer the billionaires, including himself, got since he took office
January 20th, 2029, I will instruct my treasury secretary to issue $10,000 checks to every US citizen, if I am elected President.
you've got my vote. I've already bought a pony on credit in anticipation of your check
A pony? You sound like a savvy investor. You know, for a modest fee of $500 you could be a part of my Premium Insider Patriots Initiative. It's a small group, available only to those who have proven that they are willing to go into debt for my cause. If I win, members get an additional $5000. That's a 10x investment, and you know it's legit, just check the math.
If you're in, put the money into a bottle and throw it into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and the antifa goblins I sent to wreck the place that live there now will deliver it to me. Allegedly sent.
Narcissists just proiect their values on other people, and disregard what the people actually need.
Source: my mum is a fucking narcissist.
"dubious"
It's a fucking lie.
He won't.
Isn't that the same kind of manipulation they're accusing Musk of currently? He literally wants to buy the elections.
Would an American take a bribe of 5k and continue lashing itself for another 2 years...
Yah probubly...
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he is a liar,
That's bad, but he's delulu,
And that's even worse!
Why does this sort of promise sound as familiar as it does unfulfilled?
Feels like the third check he has offered now that will not materialize. This one feels extra dumb.
"Hey, so we're fucking up everything on purpose to get richer. But .. If you let us stay in power we'll pay you"
Well, the average Trump voter is probably stupid enough to fall for this lie. And he might even get some desperate stoners and junkies to vote for him...
I would pray to God that he loses, but God created this mess in the first place.
This is a train with no brakes and I'm just along for the ride.
Alt title: Why the Trump Admin wants tracking of ballots and likely elimination of ballot secrecy.
So Trump wants to redistribute wealth from those tha pay more in taxes to those that don't? Hmm, there's a word for the redistribution of wealth but I can't remember what it is. I do know that Republicans have waged wars over it at the request of conglomerates though.
Idiots of America, rejoice!
Sounding desperate
This is hopeful. Maybe they haven't had time to get all their fixes in.
Fuck the noise. His maga 30% will turn up at the polls. Theres more people who see and recognise his bullshit, only they refuse to tackle the problem by bothering to vote. Stop getting distracted.
This would be a progressive tax refund. I generally support these. $5k helps a lot of people out, but doesn’t help out the top 10% at all.
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