Comment on The eye-popping amount of money Elon Musk has already slashed from the Education Department as staff melt down

• knightly@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’re still going to have to pay taxes, in fact your taxes are probably going up next year.

  The government cutting its budget doesn’t automatically mean tax savings.

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I dunno, my gas bill has never been lower since I took a hatchet to my engine block. Please don’t ask about my uber budget.

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  • barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’ll see.

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    • knightly@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We already have:

      itep.org/a-distributional-analysis-of-donald-trum…

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      Unless you’re already in the top 5%, your taxes are going up.

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• Luci@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, you saved $3 on taxes. Great. Dismantled a whole department.

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  • barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All of us saved $3. It adds up. I am fine with government departments getting dismantled.

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    • Luci@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s that net ya? Half a coffee?

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