yeah haha they should add a section to tax forms where you have to review current budget numbers and propose a set of cuts that add up to sustainable debt trajectory
and then weighted average all the answers together for a default policy if legislators can't agree on something else
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Reply · Jan 21, 2022@MargRev We need a better tax system, period.Reply · Oct 25, 2021@0xbread @thehill @SecYellen Yeah I've heard someone say that the proposal won't require additional information from taxpayers... Current tax forms…Reply · May 17, 2024@HephaistosF current tax policy disfavors it, is outcompeted by student loans which you might never have to repay 💀Reply · Jul 23, 2023@a_musingcat yeah, *their* taxes! I'm ok w requiring everyone to pay (tho should be simpler to calculate), but let the payers decide on the budget