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Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by jt94mf90d on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:15PM (#23793797)
how would society work if the vast majority of working people dont contribute to maintence?
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Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by User23 on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:36PM (#23794076)
Evidently it works just fine since the bottom 60% of the population runs a surplus against the government since at least 2012[1].

[1] https://taxfoundation.org/60-percent-households-now-receive-...

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Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by 29_29 on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:23PM (#23794617)
maintenance is one thing. We have an empire, welfare state, huge entitlements and red ink of pension obligations as far as the eye can see. As soon as people fail, they look to the government to bail them out.
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