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poozwah

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5. more for thewealthy

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:23 PM

20 hrs ago

seeing as how 70% of our debt is owed to domestic concerns, who will collect the vast majority of the interest we must pay to service that debt. not only do the pigs get tax breaks, they benefit from the resulting debt when the taxpayers, not them, pay the interest. this seems like a massive scam.

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