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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (54 children)

I know the hard sciences aren't a strong suit around these parts, but do some very basic math. 55 billion divided by 5,000 is 11 million.

There's no way to "No True Scotsman" the number of Americans down to 11 million. So how will they decide who gets the money?

I think we already know...

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 4 weeks ago (35 children)

How does that save money? Is he going to be paying it personally, from his own wealth?

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[–] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Free money, eh?

Nothing is ever free. If (massive emphasis on that if) this happens, there will be a terrible price to pay for it

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[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

That would be pretty cool if true, and if they didn’t also gut the welfare state and democracy.

But I still kind of doubt they’ll actually follow through.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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