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Re:$1,000 per month cash handout would grow US economy by $2... by AnimalMuppet on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:29PM (#15153413)
Wait a minute, though: Every adult gets $1,000/month. That's $12,000/year. How many adults do we have? Well, the US population is 326,000,000. Median age is 37, so I'll guess that 3/4 of the population is "adult" (age >= 18). That means that paying this handout will cost $12,000/person * 244,500,000 people = $2.934 trillion. That's... not a net win.
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Re:$1,000 per month cash handout would grow US economy by $2... by gremlinsinc on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:18AM (#15154230)
How many make > 200k and will be paying 100% of that 1k back as a tax? maybe 30%? So you can cut that by 30%.
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Re:$1,000 per month cash handout would grow US economy by $2... by ZoeZoeBee on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:55PM (#15250619)
Do you honestly believe 30% of the US earn 200k a year? Where do you figure?
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Re:$1,000 per month cash handout would grow US economy by $2... by edison85 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @02:21AM (#15154612)
1%
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