maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoVenmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debtnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down16
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkVenmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debtnypost.commaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·23 days agoSo the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model? Rich people: “Switching?”
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 days agoHonestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoWhen I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”
So the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model?
Rich people: “Switching?”
Ultra Rich: “Pay?”
Honestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
When I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”