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CousinIT

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2. Well, we can't just CUT our way out of debt. We have a REVENUE PROBLEM.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 03:30 PM

Jun 9

The wealthiest among us MUST be required to pay their fair share of taxes.

Even if we fired every federal employee, shuttered every federal agency, did away with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, the VA, and the ACA, we could not pay off our debt.

Republicans, though, because they represent the wealthy exclusively, would prefer that route. But it's not fair. It's not tenable. It's not ethical, moral, or workable, and it's not a solution. It won't work. Period.

What we NEED is to drain the billionaires and their operatives in government. THEN and only then will we be able to do the ONLY thing that will fix this problem. TAX. THE. RICH.

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'Draining the Swamp' Means Fixing the Debt [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 9 OP

I absolutely hate that metaphor though. Swamps are actually beneficial wetlands. Walleye Jun 9 #1

Well, we can't just CUT our way out of debt. We have a REVENUE PROBLEM. CousinIT Jun 9 #2

Some quick questions. markodochartaigh Jun 9 #3