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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ambicapter on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:01PM (#42923043)
Are you saying income taxes lead to an increase in the national debt?
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by mc32 on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:02PM (#42923062)
You know how people borrow on future income?
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by Aloisius on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:05PM (#42923114)
We were doing that before income taxes.

Hell, we were borrowing before we had states.

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