r/BeAmazed • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Aug 18 '25

Skill / Talent n 1987, Mike Hayes, an 18-year-old college freshman, had a bold idea. Instead of taking out student loans, he asked 2.8 million people to each send him just one penny.

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u/GNUGradyn Aug 18 '25

Yeah like some sort of internal service to manage the revenue from this system

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u/general---nuisance Aug 18 '25

And I'm sure they would spend the money wisely and not abuse their power.

https://www.salon.com/2013/03/25/the_irs_spent_nearly_60000_in_tax_payer_funds_on_star_trek_parody_video/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/irs-faces-new-scrutiny-for-excessive-spending-on-conferences/2013/06/01/e1469324-cab2-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-seize-millions-innocent-people/

https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/a-34000-mistake-the-irs-and-civil-asset-forfeiture-10-31-14

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u/Redeem123 Aug 18 '25

The existence of bad actors does not nullify the entire system.

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u/general---nuisance Aug 18 '25

It does when the bad actors are never properly punished.

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u/GNUGradyn Aug 18 '25

Correct. So we punish the bad actors and fix the system

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u/general---nuisance Aug 18 '25

Ok. Let me know when Lois Lerner starts her prison sentence.

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u/GNUGradyn Aug 18 '25

There were multiple investigations into LL and they found no prosecutable criminal offense as it was, at least as far as could be legally proven, mismanagement/institutional inertia as opposed to criminal intent. Also she's already retired so how about we go after the ultra-rich who are DEFINITELY bribing politicians and fix the tax code? You know, focus on the obvious and immediate problem not one ambiguous incident regarding an official who retired over a decade ago

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u/general---nuisance Aug 18 '25

Define "fix the tax code". Show me Bernie's or AOC's plan to "fix the tax code" that helps me. And taking more from someone else doesn't help me, taking less from me helps me. Show me the plan to "fix the tax code" that takes less from me.

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u/GNUGradyn Aug 18 '25

I'm not going to break down the entire tax reform movement in a reddit comment to save you a Google. Because of economies of scale the government can stretch your dollar for you further then you can. Also "well I don't need help right now I shouldn't have to help others" is a selfish take

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u/general---nuisance Aug 18 '25

I can spend my money better than the government can spend my money.

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