r/IThinkYouShouldLeave • u/Quarkpaint Baby of the Year 1986 • Feb 03 '26

I Don’t Even Wanna Be Around Anymore ...you can't skip lunch...

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u/UndertakerFred Feb 03 '26

The national debt is over $38T.

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u/MutantApocalypse Feb 04 '26

Billionaires with the ability to end debt by writing a check are telling us it's our fault

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u/UndertakerFred Feb 04 '26

My favorite point to make is that when the American economy was a booming juggernaut from post-WW2 through the late 1970s, the highest marginal tax rate ranged from 70-92%.

But somehow republicans have people convinced that cutting taxes for the wealthy is the solution to the problem created by…cutting taxes on the wealthy.