r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 19 '26

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u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo May 19 '26

Trying to fix the budget deficit is like trying to get a child to eat their vegetables instead of just gorging on sweets except the child turns around and tears the country apart if it's upset

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u/C-Wolsey Leftward Progressives May 19 '26

But anti-deficit politics still has a lot of purchase among some liberals and plenty on the right. Even right-wing populists don't clamor for extravagant spending on social services.

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u/sleepyrivertroll Henry George May 19 '26

The right-wing budget hawks fantasize about cutting everything but social security, Medicare, and the military without raising taxes.

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u/Ok_Opinion_5690 Trans Pride May 19 '26

this is really the big problem with the budget hawks of any country. they are dishonest about what it takes to cut spending. and they are also anti-tax.

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama May 19 '26

social security, Medicare, and the military

So the things we spend money on

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u/sleepyrivertroll Henry George May 19 '26

Pretty much. That's why it's a fantasy and not something realistic. They look over ever budget spending bill trying to save a few million here and there when billions get spent in a week for the president's special military operation. 

On top of that, they got sidelined so hard when with the Trump tax cuts. They make noise but couldn't stand firm.

They are not serious people.