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Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt (nypost.com)
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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or here's a better idea - billionaires could just pay their fucking taxes like the rest of us.

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

However will they create the jobs ~~that demand required them to keep~~, then? 😨

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Here's my offer: I'll be happy to give the same percentage of my total wealth as Bezos and Musk do.

[–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Make the wealthy pay their share? No, no, I think more donations from the poor will fix it 👍

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

You'd get a better ROI playing roulette.