• whatup@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, relax plebes. It’s just tax credits (for now). People aren’t financially desperate enough to give away part of their bodies for so little (for now). You’re safe (lol).

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      7 months ago

      You’re making a slippery slope argument? I think?

      This proposal is well-researched and is attempting to make donation financially neutral, so there is no reason somebody would sell their kidney for financial gain.

      You’re just imagining a different, ghoulish system being proposed and attacking that rather than actually considering the proposal mentioned, which could save many lives and end a lot of suffering – and would not exploit the lower class to ghoulishly take their kidneys.

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        7 months ago

        How is a $50,000 refundable tax credit supposed to be financially neutral? That’s very clearly a financial gain! A refundable tax credit means that the donor will receive either a credit on federal taxes for five years of $10,000 per year if they pay federal taxes, or a check from the government for $10,000 for five years if they do not pay federal taxes. That would be a life-changing amount of money for a lot of people.

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          7 months ago

          Absolutely not. Ad hominem would be if I attacked the character of whatup without addressing their argument, like if I said “in your post history you advocate for genocide, so why should I listen to you?” (not that they did this ofc.)