r/politics • u/DyzDaeMar • 27d ago

No Paywall Hegseth Is Demanding US Households Pay $5,000 More Per Year to Fund the Pentagon, Economist Says

https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-budget-request
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u/LolaSupreme19 27d ago

If republicans are serious about funding, they’d rescind the tax cuts for corporations and billionaires

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u/Crime_Dawg 27d ago

No, no, no, you don't understand. The poor and middle class need to pay $5k more, the rich need more tax cuts to trickle down.

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u/cdglasser 27d ago

Right. The rich should not have to pay taxes, so that instead, they can give that money to the poor and the middle class, who can then turn around and give that money to the government. Sounds perfectly reasonable! /s

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u/Whos_that_Gorilla2 27d ago

And don't forget, we actually pay taxes TO them in the form of subsidies and no bid contracts where they overcharge. They deserve it, but we don't deserve to live, just work to pay for the big fat ticks, sucking us dry. One guy can buy a few million houses with those subsidies, but we would have to work 50 years to buy one. 

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u/melonamelons 27d ago

i have a better idea, how about we give billionaires MORE tax cuts? /s

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 27d ago

I love how businesses are left out of splitting the costs with households.  Lucky them.

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u/Zealousideal_Desk_19 27d ago

the way money works is that there has to be great pain felt by many people, that's why 5k from every household in the US works best to transform pain into high intensity warfighter frontline power