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minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoSo the government is collecting 500 billion less this year. They didn’t lose anything because they never had it in the first place
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAha! Just like my local food bank didn’t lose funding - it just didn’t receive its next funding installment! Good job on the useless pedantry, Batman!
minus-squareHelvetica@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThis is logic only a moron can understand. What are you even trying to say?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIncorrect. By law that money is owed to the government as taxes. Doge hasn’t changed that. They have only ensured they don’t have the staff to collect.
So the government is collecting 500 billion less this year. They didn’t lose anything because they never had it in the first place
Aha! Just like my local food bank didn’t lose funding - it just didn’t receive its next funding installment! Good job on the useless pedantry, Batman!
This is logic only a moron can understand. What are you even trying to say?
Incorrect. By law that money is owed to the government as taxes. Doge hasn’t changed that. They have only ensured they don’t have the staff to collect.