> making things cheaper improves the situation for everyone, especially the poor [...] is absent from the public debate. > When was the last time a major polit

> making things cheaper improves the situation for everyone, especially the poor [...] is absent from the public debate. > When was the last time a major politician said something a long the lines of I can only answer considering Brazil, my home country. Despite the mess that we're currently in, even we have these points in the public debate. Fixing the income tax progression to rebalance the tax burden, reducing tax on goods and compensating on services, prioritizing investments on public services essential but currently too expensive for the poor (e.g. infant day care). More often we discuss that taxes are not following the "principle of contributive capacity" than we discuss increasing taxes (except for stock dividends and other super-rich stuff, which are also always mentioned). I won't say that we're having significant progress, as there are always some profiting from the current state of affairs to block the road, but if you pay attention to the right politicians, those topics pop up constantly.