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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
I also believe it's absurd to pretend the taxpayer is going to feel any of this, outside of awesome new cars and trucks offered by the company. Once you pay those taxes, they're no longer yours. They belong to the people we've elected. So...it's rosie and cute to consider it "taxpayer" money; it sure makes for an emotional argument...but it's no more our money than is that $5.50 I just spent on a Whopper value meal.
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No, the money doesn't belong to the people we've elected. For one thing, they can be thrown in jail for improper use of public funds.
And while you may think it's absurd to think anybody will "feel any of this", you didn't think it was absurd when you talked about the disaster that would happen if we didn't give it to GM. Does that money magically become "better" when it's given to GM, as opposed to staying in the pockets of people who earned it?
Let's put it a different way; is it more productive to leave that money in the successful sectors of the economy, or take money from the successful sectors to give it to companies that drive themselves into bankruptcy?
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
The difference here is, where my burger money came from my pocket and is forever gone
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No, it isn't. It went to the burger company, who will use to to pay their employees, suppliers and investors. You might happen to be one of those.
And, of course, you also now have a hamburger.
There's actually another term for a situation where one is forced to give up their money, and get nothing in return.