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@MJD2034105 @NMoonitz @zachtratar Cut the budget by 75% and only charge income taxes above 2x median income (flat tax is fine)

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@zachtratar You can thank FDR and the dems

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@esjesjesj It's great in theory, but then the rest of us pay more and struggle themselves

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@em_Lazzy The budget rose 13 billion year over year, some deficit

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@MatrixMysteries Overqualified

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@ItsLulu_7 65% of households own their home

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@invis4yo 2025 budget was 112 billion, 2026 budget is 125 billion. Seems like he created the deficit

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@RyanRozbiani So how come the 2025 budget was 13 billion lower?

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@iluminatibot Interest is $58 a month. After years of paying $50 a month, he's left with slightly more than the original balance. If he paid on a normal 10 year schedule, he would have paid $105 a month, and not been in this situation

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I have no faith it will even by around by 2060. The fact that I'm losing tons of money letting the govt manage my retirement is it's own tax. The rate itself went up from 2% to 12.4%, which is honestly outrageous. But you're right, at least you're supposed to get something.
Then you have medicaid, spending almost a trillion a year. Cost per capita 12k, which is 20% higher than a good private insurance plan.
Then you have various programs, some better than others, costing another trillion.
Interest on debt is a trillion.
Defense a trillion.
500 billion is the rest of govt

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In 2025 we spent 7 trillion. And social security is just another income redistribution scheme. Taxes went up 6x, and it's still projected not to be able to pay out in full. Payments across the board are less than what they would be if invested, white the taxes you pay goes to current retirees. So yea, most of the federal spending is on social programs

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@RoyalCherrylite @0hour1 She's shopping at whole foods.
"her area" is probably expensive too, but why? Usually overpriced areas follow certain policies that make them more expensive. I packed up and left 1 such area, and among my savings was $100 a week in food

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@Crushemsparty @ATLCWorker 75% of my tax money goes to social programs. Most of the interest on the debt is from deficits driven by excessive social spending. Only $1.5 trillion out of the $7 trillion total, is spent on military and govt operations

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@PramilaJayapal Is there ever a good time to cut spending?

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@Crushemsparty @ATLCWorker No it doesn't, every dollar printed makes a previously earned dollar worth less. It's more like diluting your wine with water and calling it unlimited drinks on the house

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@sakiluvasanyuri @PotatoMcWhiskey I live in America, i spend about that much in dollars every 5-7 days. 3 meals a day for 2 people.

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@shermanmicah @PatrickHeizer $5000 on food being 33% of income? That's snap territory, so they actually spend 0% on food.

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@johnreseda @ATLCWorker Nature is coercive

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@RoyalCherrylite @0hour1 She shows some. 1lb ground beef $10, cucumbers $4. Would be $9 for both where i shop