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While I generally agree with krugman, he and other on the left need to be more honest about what funding our (very modest) social safety net will cost. The ide
by lokar 1y ago
While I generally agree with krugman, he and other on the left need to be more honest about what funding our (very modest) social safety net will cost.
The idea that a the billionaires could easily pay this is just wrong. You could take the wealth of all US billionaires and it fund government for less then a year.
They should pay more, but for fairness, it won’t fix the budget. For that the middle class needs to pay more. They pay less then they have in modern history, and less then other places.
- bryanlarsen 1y agoStandard deflection technique. Please debate the article itself rather than changing the topic and implicitly defending the indefensible.
- lokar 1y agoI said I agreed with him
- watwut 1y agoThere was nothing dishonest about the article. Also, the bill itself is largely about massive tax cuts that will make the deficit much worst then it used to be. If you was honest about wondering how to pay for things, you would be strongly against this bill. Because it raises the deficit.
- dahinds 1y agoCan you reference where Krugman made the claim you're criticizing?