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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 09:29:19 JST Dan Gillmor

   Americans' taxes just went up by $6 trillion. That is a million dollars multiplied by 6 million.

   Don't tell me Trump is trying to save anything. This guy is a economy destroyer -- and not just ours.

   Glad to see CNN telling the simple truth in this headline:

   • Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Joe (not2b@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 09:29:19 JST Joe

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     @dangillmor People don't have an instinctual understanding for large numbers, and often they are easier to understand if we divide by the population. So a billion dollars is about $3 per American, a trillion is $3,000 per American, 6 trillion is $18,000 per American. That is a huge number. What time period are they talking about? Something in that range is believable if the price of everything suddenly jumps.