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markodochartaigh

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7. There are 250 million adults in the US.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:48 PM

Oct 4

One trillion divided by 250 million is 4,000. This money was paid by the buyers of products, the consumers, us.
And that deficit? That deficit is almost entirely from tax cuts for the wealthy and wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Where the hell is the rest of our $4,000, because $2,000 ain't cutting it.

You want to pay down your debt, go claw back those tax breaks for the 1%.

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usually...but not always: ret5hd Oct 4 #11

Man with this and my Doge check Johonny Oct 4 #4

Don't get your hopes up. markodochartaigh Oct 4 #8

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So they took your money and raised your health insurance premiums bucolic_frolic Oct 4 #6

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He is trying to fool the American people videohead5 Oct 6 #18

Some of. Morbius Oct 6 #20

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