Started By
Message

re: Musk floats idea of $5,000 checks to each taxpayer

Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:31 am to
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
50742 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:31 am to
quote:

It will come from the money save by DOGE.


Is it money saved if you turn right around and spend it on something else?
Posted by prplngldtigr
just up da bayou from down
Member since Dec 2004
8208 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:32 am to
It’s so strange tax payers want the government to keep it and put it on the debt…why?

They’ve not cut a penny of spending.
They still waste billions.
The debt is a reflection of the government’s incompetence.

No. I don’t want these assholes paying anything off that they created until they show some competence with my money.

Using recovered taxpayer money to pay a drunken sailor’s bar tab makes no sense to me.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
46369 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:33 am to
quote:

$5,0000

I’m praying your comma is in the wrong place and you didn’t just spas out on the zeros.
Posted by OccamsStubble
Member since Aug 2019
10109 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:33 am to
Nothing is being saved as long as we receive revenue of 4.9T every year, and spend 6.8T every year.

When they correct THAT, and we have a surplus, then use the surplus toward the existing 36T debt so that we STOP paying 1 TRILLION in interest every year.

Then hand out surplus checks for bass boats, bling, and votes.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
122917 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:34 am to
Aren’t you asking for more handouts?
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
98258 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:35 am to
The leftards are gonna complain about handouts
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
13764 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:35 am to
How bout they send me a refund for all the federal taxes I’ve had to pay the IRS since 2000.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
16657 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:38 am to
Define taxpayer
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
27202 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:38 am to
quote:

Lets do this when we balance the budget


You want to balance the budget?
You want to reduce the national debt?

Well giving back a fraction of the money saved from reducing spending will directly impact people. And as a hypothetical lets say we cut half a trillion dollars and every gets a big check amounting to 1/4th of that. Do you think people will be clamoring for cuts of 5X that amount with enough NEEDED cuts to balance the budget?

And do you think having 80% of the population demanding more cuts will help facilitate getting those cuts done. Do you think senator apposing more cuts will get him reelected or dethroned?
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
55454 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:41 am to
As a single father, nearly 40% of my income goes to some form of a tax.

I want money sent to actual tax payers like myself that have been robbed for decades, not the people who pay nothing and get a "credit".

This will just piss me off even more.
Posted by FATBOY TIGER
Valhalla
Member since Jan 2016
13200 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:42 am to
quote:

Musk floats


Flush that floater.

FIX THE frickING SYSTEM.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
51893 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:42 am to
Pump it back into Social Security and give Grandma another $500 a month.
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
23008 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:43 am to
quote:

They wasted taxpayers money. Only people who pay taxes should get any money.

Correct. This will never actually happen but if it does unless you are a net tax-payer (so no EITC and child tax credit people getting more back than they paid) you should get nothing from this.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60938 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:44 am to
quote:

Put it on the debt.


Screw that.

Make the thieves pay down the debt and give us our money back
Posted by whatiknowsofar
hm?
Member since Nov 2010
27594 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:44 am to
quote:

NIH


Aren't you tired of grouping dissenting opinions into the same box?
Posted by GBPackTigers
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2009
1646 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:45 am to
Just cut taxes out this year and see where we are for next year to possibly do the same
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
63430 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:46 am to
quote:

Musk floats idea of $5,0000 checks to each taxpayer


ISWHDT. Don't give anything to people with no tax liability. Treat it as a non-refundable tax credit.
This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 11:47 am
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134938 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:46 am to
quote:

$5,0000 checks
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24575 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:46 am to
If the budget is not balanced then inflation will continue. They can write a check to people for $5K but it will be offset with the inflation it causes.

$5k per person for 330M+ population is about $1.7T.
Posted by YouKnowImRight
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2023
2957 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:47 am to
quote:

They wasted taxpayers money. Only people who pay taxes should get any money.



THIS. If your net income tax is 0 or less, you get dick.
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 8Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram