Re: US gubmint shutdown + default + subprime sequel?
Did you bother to read the part that everyone gets off with money to start with? I know it was a very long bit I wrote... Third sentence in? Skim that bit to get to something to bash?
The point was that to ensure that there is no effective tax of 80%+ when one starts work one keeps one's benefits and then earns more. If you earn a large salary obviously you get taxed a lot more than this and so you still PAY net taxes. The point of giving it to everyone is for simplicity.
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