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$5_000 for every american adult if the GOP wins! But wait, that doesn't just mean you... black people, hispanics, and your annoying neighbour Nate are going to get the same amount of money. Worse yet: People who didn't vote AND those who voted democrat get this money as well!!!! This is free money, handed out equally and (nearly) unconditionally among US citizens. Do you know the proper term for this? IT'S SOCIALISM!!!! You're right, Donald Trump is enticing you to vote for him with COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA. You hate communism, don't you? You don't want lazy bastards to get money for doing nothing! The path forward is clear: If you hate black people, if you hate communism, and if you want America to REMAIN GREAT you must vote democrat or the communist devil will get you
At the risk of being "that guy"...
Cash handouts are not socialism.
I realize what community this is, but... there is so much noise in this conversation, I think it's a bad idea for those of you who support actual socialism (or socialist ideas) to add to the noise by stooping to the colloquial misunderstanding.
A cash payout from a capitalist republic government like the US is at most a tax rebate.
Well yeah but it's a slippery slope from here. For now it's just a one-time handout and I agree that THAT isn't socialism. But what happens in 2 years when Trump doesn't just need to win the midterms but the full-fledged election? Is he gonna promise UBI? Healthcare for all? Who knows what other crazy socialist ideas that man has floating in his brain.
What is actually socialism is the Trump administration taking a share of Intel stock. Funny how state-owned industry is just "good business" but funding public transit and healthcare is "evil socialism".
It's blatant corruption and illegal in all functioning democracies. Not saying you don't have a point, but your point I believe is incomplete without this as a disclaimer.
A tax rebate in itself isn't necessarily illegal, but yes in this context offering it as a bribe to influence voting is illegal.