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I can think of 100 reasons why not. How about we just give people the money instead and let them decide what to use it on? Or give them treasuries instead of a stock in a private company run by one of the most divisive men in American history, further entrenching him?

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> How about we just give people the money instead and let them decide what to use it on?

Sure, we should lower taxes and do that. :)

Elon Musk had several months to do that at DOGE, and my taxes are still the same.

His conflict of interests is not a gift to the American people. We all know that, now.

DOGE (which I didn't support) was never going to be able to lower your taxes when it is not addressing the main drivers of your tax rate (i.e. large spending items).

DOGE also failed to address necessary higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy, and across the board there was pushback against needed tax cuts for redundant and ineffective support programs.

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