| ▲ | Trump promises $5k payout to U.S. adults if Republicans win election(reuters.com) |
| 27 points by nateb2022 8 hours ago | 32 comments |
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| ▲ | euroderf 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." -Alexis De Tocqueville But turns out it's a fun game for another branch of government too. |
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| ▲ | SomeHacker44 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Good way to spend $1.3T that this party of fiscal responsibility doesn't have. |
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| ▲ | MisterMower 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | ryan_lane 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Democrats have historically been the party of “vote for me for more free stuff," Democrats are more fiscally responsible than Republicans, consistently, for decades. You're perpetuating a myth, pushed by conservatives, that liberals are "tax and spend". > these vote buying schemes from both parties Where do you see vote buying schemes from the Democrat side? The only examples I've seen so far of this in reality are this current scheme, and Elon Musk's scheme last election. "Both sides" are not equal. Republicans have given up on the rule of law and are actively aiming to eliminate democracy. |
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| ▲ | ivell 15 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It is a quite popular reverse bribe in India. All parties offer something like this, but to particular demographics. However Trump's promises mean nothing nowadays. |
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| ▲ | anonym00se1 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| An incredible stain on the history of the US. |
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| ▲ | mathisfun123 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | just one question: is it a deeper or shallower stain than slavery, trail of tears, lynchings, nuking japan, vietnam, 1 million dead in the second gulf war, etc etc etc? lol | | |
| ▲ | anon7000 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It’s a stain precisely because it proves Americans don’t learn from those past stains | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's too early to say, it depends on how the Iran conundrum wraps up. |
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| ▲ | rzzzwilson 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The sooner this guy is impeached the better. That's better than letting his term just run out as it offers more of a warning to other fruitcakes out there: the system _eventually_ works. |
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| ▲ | asdfasvea 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Been impeached twice. What do you envision a third doing? | | |
| ▲ | cmurf 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Conviction. Removal from office. Third time’s the charm? By all means let Senators defend and protect him. Maybe they don't care about their historical reputation |
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| ▲ | theGeatZhopa 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I try use my brain to logically approach it: - 5k are promised in case of x to u.s. adults Risk: too much adults to divide 5k equally amongst. |
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| ▲ | k310 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Confederate dollars. |
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| ▲ | pogue 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Since becoming president again, Trump has promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magically-disappearing-st... Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark via Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mv4z7az4... |
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| ▲ | BoggleOhYeah 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This guy loves inflation. |
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| ▲ | cmurf 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | It wouldn’t just monetize the national debt. By inflating away his own debts he might actually become a billionaire. |
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| ▲ | bmitc 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I would ask how this is legal, but then again, we wouldn't even be here if something being legal or not mattered. |
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| ▲ | wmf 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's no different than promises to increase welfare or cut taxes that politicians routinely make. | | |
| ▲ | bmitc 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | This is much different than that. It's basically a direct bribe. | |
| ▲ | Arodex 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Yes it is different: he conditioned it on voting for him. And he is not claiming to improve any governmental system to finance this, like other politicians do when they promise welfare or tax cuts: he is saying the money is there, he is the only one who can use it, and whether you get it or not depends on giving him your vote. | |
| ▲ | nichos 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Or pay off student loan debt, it's all crooked, both sides. | | |
| ▲ | alyeska2 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | "Both sides" is such an absurd claim these days. It's like saying that a murderer and a jaywalker are both criminals, so they're basically the same. | | |
| ▲ | mathisfun123 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Lol I see you've never met a stallman type (ie your average hn disposition) | |
| ▲ | MisterMower 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You’re right, the “both sides” claim really doesn’t work here. Biden’s student loan forgiveness would have amounted to a gift of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to his most ardent supporters: young, college educated, poor people. Trump’s proposal is a fraction of that, and all Americans would be eligible. If he’s trying to buy votes, he’s going to need to try a lot harder. This proposal is nothing like Biden’s vote buying scheme. | | |
| ▲ | Arodex 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Funny that you wake up and rise only now. Where was you righteous indignation when Republicans promises tax cuts? Can you point me to your contemporary reaction to "no tax on tips"? What made you react only now? | |
| ▲ | bmitc 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Have you missed where Trump himself and many of the wealthiest people in the U.S. have had integer multiples of their wealth over just the past couple of years? > young, college educated, poor people Oh yea, you're correct, who needs those? Let's feed the 0.01%. |
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| ▲ | ggm 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Please beware the false moral equivalence. Both sides is a position which advantages the incumbency. What is your intent, beyond cynicism? | | |
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| ▲ | exabrial 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Everyone wants to know why groceries are so damn expensive, here's your answer. Along with fighting wars that aren't ours. I really wish Libertarians would actually win. |
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| ▲ | HDBaseT 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| "The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America." |
