• adm@lemm.ee
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      15 hours ago

      We had programs in the 70s and 80s that weren’t perfect but did help and were funded by corporate tax dollars. Reagan killed them I believe. It might have been at the same time is was lying about the “welfare queens”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      Is homelessness really Musk’s problem to solve?

      Elon Musk and his companies, particularly Tesla and SpaceX, have received at least $38 billion in government funding through contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits, according to a Washington Post analysis.

      I would say that Musk is a product of government largese better spent on direct aid and public infrastructure improvements.

      The $38B should not have been his money to spend to begin with.

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        16 hours ago

        It’s a service paid in exchange for labor. The government likely has many others services being paid that can also be used for that end

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          5 minutes ago

          It’s a service paid in exchange for labor

          Imagine confusing public services and cronyism like this. I bet you think the “Bitcoin reserve” Trump is making is a service, too