• OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I want a bill that just says “if money is approved to be spent by Congress, automatically increase the Debt Limit by that amount.” Call it the National Bankruptcy Prevention Act. See how they justify voting against that.

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      1 year ago

      They’ll justify it with “This is just an unlimited credit card for the Spendocrat party to make all kinds of regulations and social programs at the expense of the hardworking taxpayer”

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        social programs at the expense of the hardworking taxpayer

        Imagine that: Paying taxes and getting social programs in return. What a novel concept.

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          The thing is, most “hardworking taxpayers” don’t consider themselves to be the recipients of social programs. That’s only for poor people who don’t work.

          And for a lot of programs, the means testing that has to be done to allocate budget does give money to people who actually need it, like the poor. However, this creates a resentment from people who aren’t getting the program. This resentment can be eliminated by making the program universal. This is why things like Social Security and MediCare are so popular: Everyone gets them, even if they don’t need them, so everyone sees a benefit.