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Fiscal responsibility isn’t inherently an extreme right wing concept, but I understand that the overton window has shifted on many people who didn’t realize the
by yieldcrv 2y ago
Fiscal responsibility isn’t inherently an extreme right wing concept, but I understand that the overton window has shifted on many people who didn’t realize they were now on the right
- dragonwriter 2y agoFiscal responsibility isn't a right-wing concept at all, but invoking deficit concerns as a dodge for substance on particular issues that they lack popular support on otherwise is a common practice of the American Right (who have an equally common practice of exploding the deficit when in power.)
- Tostino 2y agoIt has been way more common for Republican administrations and Congress to explode the deficit than when the Dems controlled things. Consistently, for longer than I've been alive.
- stickfigure 2y agoThis is, basically, what pushed me away from the Republican party (aside from the relatively recent culture war). The Republicans always claimed to be the party of fiscal responsibility (as long as I've been alive, which is longer than most people on HN) but by objective measurable fact have consistently been the party of government bloat and high spending. I don't like hypocrites.
- usefulcat 2y agoSeems like it's always easier to sell a tax cut than a spending increase. Somehow most people seem to assume that they'll be significant beneficiaries of a tax cut, but don't assume the same about a tax increase.
- catlikesshrimp 2y agoThe downside of a tax is immediate and measurable. The alleged benefit is neither and understanding the cost-benefit relation requires more faith than transparency.
- asdsadasdasd123 2y agoThat's because the republicans have long been the party of entitlement receivers. This is changing as under 25s are strongly shifting republican while boomers are moving democrat.
- olalonde 2y agoIf there's any upside to Trump's tariff shenanigans, it's that they have turned a lot of Democrats into passionate free traders.
- arrosenberg 2y agoAre we pretending Clinton democrats were not passionate free traders before?
- nonethewiser 2y agoTrump is closer to Bill Clinton than any current Democrat leader.
- arrosenberg 2y ago45 was, 47 is closer to President McKinley than any modern politician.
- lesuorac 2y agoTo use actual numbers instead of indicies. The parent was claiming that say 10 is closed to 2 than any of the 100s are. It is also true that 10 is closer to 9 than 2. That said, given how much Trump has increased not only government spending but also the deficit he's pretty far _politically_ from Clinton. However, IIRC, the two of them were _physically_ closer on Epstein's island than any current democratic leader.
- olalonde 2y agoSupport for free trade has more than doubled according to this poll: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpgFd1qWIAAKFlc?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpgFd1qWIAAKFlc?format=jpg&name=...
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- Retric 2y agoNot anymore, the Republican party flip flopped on that issue declaring “deficits don’t matter” and been wildly reckless with spending for decades.