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by HeyImAlex 1516 days ago
If the 1.6 trillion in debt was divided evenly among every human in the US it would be 4k. If we’re ball-parking and say that the top 20% of earners would foot the bill it’d be about 64k per household.
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sgjohnson 1516 days ago
Why should the top 20% pay for it?
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sgerenser 1516 days ago
Because the top 20% pay the majority of federal income taxes.
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