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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
They want work.
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You realize that there are more people working today than ever before, right?
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So you and I would have been better served to have placated them a bit in the past, with some protectionism.
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We should have placated them with policies that would put more of them out of work. Okay.
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The GOP Congress, however, is too fucking stupid and tied to its austerity religion to understand the economics behind it.
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So there are some facts that penetrate your psyche. Interesting.
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And Trump isn't smart enough to explain that a lot of it can be done with private money in public/private partnerships
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This should actually scare you. There is going to be massive corruption if it's done your way.
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WE could do a New New Deal and really help this country.
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New Deal is the wrong comparison. The comparison is Reagan. We're going to get massive fiscal stimulus in the form of huge tax cuts for the rich, increased defense spending and maybe a bit of infrastructure thrown in.
Meanwhile, we're going to at minimum scale back if not eliminate entirely the New Deal (and New Deal legacy) programs that helped make sure that everyone benefits.
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It takes way too much forward thinking and actual business acumen.
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I'm not sure why you think "let's build useful stuff" takes forward thinking or business acumen. None of the multiplier stuff you're talking about requires PPP.
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Trump's people could figure it out, but they'll never sell it to the politicians.
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No idea why you think they have much in the way of business acumen. His people bankrupted casinos.
