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ProfessorGAC

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46. The Cash Proposal Will Cost...

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2025, 09:48 PM

Apr 2025

...$18-20 billion per year.
These are the same guts who cut USAID "to save money".
This eliminates 8.33% of Musk's supposed savings. I actually think it's 120% because Musk's estimate has one too many zeroes in it.
Finally, this proposal is a redistribution of wealth. Doesn't that crowd call that communism?

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Horrifying. White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children [View all] Horse with no Name Apr 2025 OP

They have a name for it atreides1 Apr 2025 #1

I knew there was something familiar about this. yardwork Apr 2025 #5

My first thought exboyfil Apr 2025 #11

Or this: Aristus Apr 2025 #20

I'm gonna guess they're NOT considering health insurance, childcare or free school meals. tanyev Apr 2025 #2

well jeez.. onethatcares Apr 2025 #23

The Pervert Proposals bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #3

The same republicans who have spent decades ok_cpu Apr 2025 #4

Actually, birthrates naturally fall in 1st world industrialized countries... Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #9

And therein we have our solution exboyfil Apr 2025 #12

EXACTLY!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2025 #34

Gilead underpants Apr 2025 #6

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." ― Voltaire Ping Tung Apr 2025 #7

THIS❗ Duppers Apr 2025 #40

I actually kind of like the "baby bonus" idea... Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #8

5000 dollars BigMin28 Apr 2025 #14

Granted, but I was working in the "anything helps" realm... Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #16

A Living Wage whathehell Apr 2025 #15

Heavily subsidized childcare would be huge for parents. Ace Rothstein Apr 2025 #24

That might lead to the conclusion exboyfil Apr 2025 #36

It's a good idea, if there's contiuing help in year two after that fat first year $5K has been burnt down ... marble falls Apr 2025 #32

May the Lord Open obamanut2012 Apr 2025 #10

Talking out of both sides of their mouth. Blue Full Moon Apr 2025 #13

They want more poor white people Johonny Apr 2025 #19

Poor enough to keep working, well off enough to buy shit. marble falls Apr 2025 #31

Why is everything $5,000 with this cohort of fucks? Aviation Pro Apr 2025 #17

The ways to comvice couples to have more kids Johonny Apr 2025 #18

White women. Right? maveric Apr 2025 #21

That's the thing that surprised me -- why didn't they just say, *explicitly*, that it's just for white women ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #42

In Newfoundland, Canada, we get baby bonuses. usedtobedemgurl Apr 2025 #22

Put 1,000% tariff on baby products dalton99a Apr 2025 #25

Ruling class needs disposables. First thing you must control are the breeding females. Maru Kitteh Apr 2025 #26

It's getting quite scary Horse with no Name Apr 2025 #28

They're working on it...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #41

It's simple ... marble falls Apr 2025 #27

That won't matter. valleyrogue Apr 2025 #38

"educate women on their menstrual cycles" Bayard Apr 2025 #29

Women could use that to *prevent* unwanted pregnancies -- unless the Reich wingers spread disinfo through it. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #43

This boils down to a large chunk on the right viewing women only as brood mares. Vinca Apr 2025 #30

what they want is a christo-fascist army so they can wage war against Muslims, Jews, and China. Takket Apr 2025 #33

Women are using their brains, not their vaginas synni Apr 2025 #35

Won't matter. valleyrogue Apr 2025 #37

No! Dawson Leery Apr 2025 #39

Provide comprehensive pre- and post-natal care Torchlight Apr 2025 #44

Can't read-paywalled. n/t valleyrogue Apr 2025 #45

The Cash Proposal Will Cost... ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #46