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That could be the real answer, for sure. Or the aggregate answer, maybe, in the sense of "we need to do X, but can't do too much of Y, because then voters will
by oconnor663 7y ago
That could be the real answer, for sure. Or the aggregate answer, maybe, in the sense of "we need to do X, but can't do too much of Y, because then voters will notice and get angry." In that case, it might not be a deliberate choice at all, just the reality of politics in a democracy.
If it was a deliberate choice, my instinct would be that designing one policy with a dual mandate sounds a lot more complicated and less effective than designing two policies. It's a lot simpler to target a bailout to saving jobs only, say, and then separately change the tax code to disincentivize tax havens. That would also separate the part that needs to be done urgently, from the part we could do whenever.