maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoVenmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debtnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down18
arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-linkVenmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debtnypost.commaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·10 months agoSo the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model? Rich people: “Switching?”
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoHonestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoWhen I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago“and to the republic for which it stands” Not a democracy : /
So the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model?
Rich people: “Switching?”
Ultra Rich: “Pay?”
Honestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
When I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”
“and to the republic for which it stands”
Not a democracy : /