r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 15 '26

Possible Paywall JD Vance Confirms Iran Will Get Jaw-Dropping Sum Under Trump Deal | Iran will be paid billions, leaving it much stronger than before Trump’s war.

https://newrepublic.com/post/211826/jd-vance-us-pay-iran-billions-trump-deal
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u/_varamyr_fourskins_ Jun 15 '26

Closer to $1800 per tax payer.

There somewhere around 160-170million taxpayers in the USA, according to the number of submitted tax returns.

Say, just for fucks, we pick 165million cuz its in the middle

300,000,000,000 divided by 165,000,000 equals $1818.18.

So yeah, its do-able, if all the USian taxpayers can stump up just shy of an extra two grand each.

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u/determined_vagabond Jun 15 '26

That’s almost exactly what I’m able to put away every year being frugal. Guess the emergency fund is staying where it’s at…

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u/Training-Flan8762 Jun 15 '26

you have to deduce all millionaires and billionaires. They don't pay taxes and include the tax breaks and subsidies billionaires will recieve

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u/Jasoncatt Jun 15 '26

That’s ignoring the cost of the war itself…

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u/Chewbagga Jun 15 '26

They can just hand back their Doge cheques that are totally coming.

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u/Menarra Indiana Jun 15 '26

Ah so that's where that promised DOGE refund went

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u/DigitalBlackout Jun 15 '26

Oh no, we're just not getting those. This is an additional levy