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 Combined with a 20% unrealized gain tax and 70% inflation! 🥳 nostr:note17tkjc5kag0xgcncea48c0cuyq8gac4w03faw9fk2f4fzymgvmhvq8sv0qd 
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 I'm not for sale. 
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 She’s an economic moron. Just like all Democrat voters 
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 Just. Stop.

Leave people the fuck alone. 
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 just remove some gd taxes, tax credits 🙄 
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 My old school morals won't let me hit a woman. But tell me that isn't the most punchable face you've ever seen... 
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 YA WELL, I propose a fun time be had by all. Vote against that 
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 No.  She talks about proposing it.  She is CURRENTLY the VP.  With the invisible Brandon, she practically is the President.  Brandon approves of her and supports her.

If she actually wanted to propose anything it would be in the works already.

Only people out of power propose to do something as a campaign promise.  She could be putting money where her mouth is, right now. 
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 Isn't she VP, why propose, just do it. 😂 
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 The government plays both sides of every issue like this for a very important reason. 

Look at the environmental movement. They subsidize solar and they subsidize oil. This means both sides need the subsidy to compete, meaning they need the government. Any new player to the energy space must be better by the entire subsidy and then some, or beg for their own subsidy.

This creates the illusion to each player that they need the government to subsidize them to compete. If forces every player to kiss the ring if they want to stand a chance. It also forces then into a scenario where any anti government action is biting the hand that feeds.

At this point the web of subsidies is so complex, it is impossible for anyone to figure out if solar or oil truly has lower economic costs. That damages every economic calculation by every market participant in a very significant way. Arguably more than the constant adjustments to the money supply. Even with a fixed supply I would gave no idea which is best because of the subsidies.

This leads to a world where when we think we are choosing the best economic value we are really choosing the most favored by the government. 

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 Honestly? Small business needs a big boost in the US. Free money probably isn't the way to do it, but it does seem like the quickest way to do it. I can see the reason one would want this sort of solution, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.