'oh, they have more money now.. time for it to be my money'
that happened with me with the covid checks. soon as those came out, rent went up--and up. those quickly disappeared but the rent increases are forever.
bots will start hitting a brand new subdomain on my web server literally seconds after creating it. looking for exploitable scripts like wordpress, usually.
some of those republican senators might be smart enough to realize that a statewide election can be more difficult to survive than in a gerrymandered legislative district.
with a fair amount of help. food pantry, when i can get there--once or twice a month, for a bag of close or past-date produce and other perishables, and a few other things; and 'leftovers' brought to me by others a 2-3 times a week.
my 'grocery bill' hasn't gone up--because it can't. i spend the same, but get a lot less for it.
i don't even need that much, either. hell, you can keep the money--just gimme the investment proceeds from a few million. it's sofa cushion money or a rounding error at your scale..
this isn't anything new. fake downloads, malware, and scam support sites and links and phone numbers have been a thing in results since they started putting paid placements and ads in serp... and even before then, back when simple keyword spam could game the algorithms.
capital gains tax rates are a lot lower than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalgainstax#UnitedStates
these people are mostly greedy fucks that don't want to pay their very reasonable share of taxes on their investment return.