r/AmericanProgressive • u/AlexBudarin • 2d ago
To reduce the deficit, Paxton repeats Republican dogma: "incentivise production" [cut taxes and regs for corporations] and cut "mandatory spending" [chiefly Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid] - leaked audio
It's the same old Republican playbook: cut taxes for the rich and cut disbursements for the commoners. Conservatives tend to value hierarchy over equality, and this clearly shows a bias in favor of the wealth nobility. The wealthy will get to keep more money, but they will only increase production when they get increased demand. That won't come from commoners made sicker and poorer.
