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> This happens all the time cut a $1 here and it costs $4 over there The thing that makes these policies work, of course, is the $1 is cut from a billionaire's
by coldpie 1y ago
> This happens all the time cut a $1 here and it costs $4 over there
The thing that makes these policies work, of course, is the $1 is cut from a billionaire's taxes, and the $4 is paid by the rest of us. Voters seem to like this policy, for reasons that are beyond me.
- rchaud 1y ago"Austerity" lays the political groundwork for tax cuts for the rich. Austerity never affects military or police budgets though, we're happy to increase the debt to finance those.