The ‘Trump accounts’ plan echoes a years-old proposal for ‘baby bonds’ introduced by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker

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    3 days ago

    Only $1K? Really shows how out of touch these people are with reality. You’d need to have like 30 babies a year just to pay for the first one.

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    So fucking gross. Let’s overpopulate on purpose to keep labor costs down and grow the lower class.

    What the fuck, man.

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    Each announced that their respective companies would be willing to contribute to accounts established for children of their employees. The “Trump accounts” would be tax-deferred and would start with a one-time contribution of $1,000 from the federal government.

    Funds deposited into the accounts would be invested to track the overall stock market and be accessible when the children reach age 21.

    Our tax money being put in the stock market to juice it up and make it look like the economy is doing well.