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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Trump floats giving 20% of DOGE savings to American citizens

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Trump floats giving 20% of DOGE savings to American citizens

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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The amount of any payments — an idea that Trump said was still under consideration — would depend on figures from DOGE, which has had some of its savings claims debunked.
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  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
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    Anybody who believes that he would actually do this is someone who would fall for the wallet inspector.

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    Spend money on taxes to maintain important departments.

    The government guts important departments and programs.

    Gives just 20% of your taxes back.

    Profit?

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    in other words, it’s a stimulus check, a thing that he can put his name on to prevent (and completely fail in doing so) the economic recession that would be caused by his stupid policies making the price of everything go up.

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    DOGE would have to actually save money for this to work.

  • Match!!@pawb.social
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    probably to one particular American citizen

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    What’s your price? Do. Not. Cave.

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      The piece of shit doing this could give every American one million dollars and still have 150 billion

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    And a massive 100% of the “negative savings” (ie damages).

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    Wouldn’t that cause inflation? Something you were campaigning to reduce?

  • teamevil@lemmy.world
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    Fuck you…the asshole doing this could give every American one million and STILL be worth 150 billion. Fuck your saving,I want the govt for the people by the people.

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      If he gave everyone a million that would be like 400 million million… he’s not quite that rich

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        In other words, 400 billions… he is worth more than that

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          400 trillion

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          A million million is an order of magnitude more than that.

          1,000,000 x 1,000,000 =1,000,000,000,000

          (1,000,000,000) is a billion for comparison)

          The number x 400 would be like 400 trillion which I think is more than the gdp of the entire world.

          • Jhex@lemmy.world
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            Yeap, I messed it up

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              I’ve done it a bunch of times myself… working with millions and billions of something is kind of in another realm that is difficult for us to conceptualize… trillions and quadrillions even more so…

              Like when you look at the graphs that show what a billion dollars really is… a millionaire is closer to the wealth of a vagrant bum than he is to a billionaire to a very large degree….

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          billion is a thousand millions, not a million millions

  • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    ok, yeah, sure. whatever you say, jan.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    20% of 0 is still 0, Donny-boy.

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    Specifically, the American citizens who are part of the Trump administration.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      Ah, so the ones who would typically be vehemently against any sort of ‘government handout’.

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    Haha. No way. Profit go up

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    And the other 80% to himself and his friends.

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    I look forward to three extra dollars in my pocket per year. I’ll buy an egg.

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      Remeber how roads are very important for our shitty infrastructure? Anyway, we don’t fix them anymore here is enogh money for a down payment for a carton of eggs.

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      May I offer you 3/5 of an egg in these trying times?

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