• blakenong@lemmings.world
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    15 days ago

    Well he did that because actually paying would be a crime and promising to pay a pleb money and backing out is just “business.”

    The smart people ask for it in cash up front. But, ya know, maga ain’t smert!

    • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
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      15 days ago

      $5,000 being directly given to you is really too good to be true. I first saw that number and was like “total bullshit” right away. Those stupid morons would believe anything.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        15 days ago

        It’s just a check for double the COVID stimulus, before inflation, without the unlimited fraud of the PPP loans. In the grand scheme of a federal government that had $4.9t in revenue it’s significant but not insane.

        The unbelievable thing is that DOGE was claiming a $105b savings would pay for it. Even if they reached their goal of $1t it wouldn’t be enough.

        These people are just straight up too lazy to do basic math.

        • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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          15 days ago

          These people are just straight up too lazy to do basic math.

          No they’re not. They just know most Americans are.

          Assuming they could do the math in the first place, thanks to all the education cuts.