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bucolic_frolic

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1. Recession and taxation are part of the plan

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:31 AM

Apr 2025

The more pain, the more control, the more control, the more power. When tax revenues plunge from the recession and drop in consumption, they'll raise income taxes. Make people poor so they suffer and turn to churches. Print more Bibles. Salvation through suffering, and send us a check.

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