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by jerkstate 2657 days ago
Dividend implies a share of the revenue. What happens when people start thinking about where the revenue comes from?
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ForHackernews 2657 days ago
Nobody will ever think about that.

Does anyone think about where the "dividend" on their stock funds comes from? Free money!

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pastor_elm 2657 days ago
It comes from taxes. Most Americans are supportive of taxing the rich if they get some sort of fair benefit, which a across the board dividend will be.
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jerkstate 2657 days ago
Why don't we try to increase tax revenue and pay down debt for a couple of years first, see how that works?
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chillacy 2657 days ago
You can't win elections without giving stuff away, if there ever was a weakness of democracy in America, it would be that.
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