This needs to be bigger news on the mainstream channels, but you know it wont be.
I'm so tired of this shit.
Lets see how long it takes them to turn US Treasury Bonds from their AAA+++ (or whatever) status down to D.
"Lost"... yeah, "lost" it in their bank account.
No taxation without representation
Why would you say "half" when you could say "500"?
500 Billion Dollars.
A trillion is larger than a billion, so half a trillion is a more rage bait headline.
Humans can’t fathom the vast distances of space. How are we going to fathom a trillion dollars?
Be that as it may, it’s a significant amount of money that will not be collected but will now trickle down… excuse me, I have a very hard time keeping a straight face hahaha
Rage is the only reasonable response.
I think it's the opposite. We're all used to "a billion" now, even thought we can't really concieve of it the way we can, say $100. But a trillion is just space money. Just make it a gazillion.
500 Billion has real competitive traction - people are billionaires, this is more than them, etc. A trillion is something you have nanoparticles of, something very small.
“Billion”, sadly, is a term that nowadays conjures an individual human or corporate level figure.
“Trillion” is an economy level figure and suitably conjures an idea of how fucked up you all are.
IMHO.
IN A MONTH.
4 years of months left to go.
Maybe next time people can get off their fat fucking asses and vote. Or, if you did vote, maybe vote more intelligently next go around.
If we’re even allowed to vote ever again.
It'll be allowed, but they've just got to make sure only the "right people" get counted.
Tomorrow: IRS has been fired.
No because IRS is helping capture immigrants
Are we winning yet? Are we great?
Eggs now cost 4 cents per dozen
They're very efficient at destroying the country.
This was always the plan.
Hmm, I wonder where it went /s
They all need to be jailed.
i don't see any point to keeping these people alive.
At least with musk himself it would be grand to see him spend his life in a padded cell with nothing to do and bland food.
i'm not interested in punishment. only solutions.
I'm for both to be honest.
Hanged by their bootstraps
Correction - they efficiently lost half a trillion dollars for the USA
Again. This is bad journalism. It’s not lost, it’s “lost.”
i don't understand your point. the article reports that the IRS is being disrupted by DOGE, and as a result, IRS agents are not able to do their jobs properly, which results in less tax money being received
That money isn’t lost. That’s my point.
Not sure what you mean. Their job is literally to collect money. If you want to play the revenue concept its till lost revenuer. Would you prefer theft by the rich?
If you owe me money and I don't get it then its lost. Or you didn't pay me so you stole money from me. Please give me another example of how its not lost instead of just saying the words. Give me an explanation or an example.
I think their argument is that the tax revenue is still owed, whether it's collected or not. So the IRS could absolutely get back on track post Trump and pursue these unpaid taxes.
It ain't fucking lost, it's being re-distributed.
How much did they allegedly “save”…when corrected for their basic mathematical errors?
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