This is a bunch of vapid bullshit & conservative talking points that do not address any of the specific issues being negotiated.
"Vengefully tax for the sake of wishful spending"? Just fuck all the way off.
"Vengefully tax for the sake of wishful spending"? Just fuck all the way off.
https://twitter.com/mikedebonis/status/1443322380462534660
One thing this statement makes very clear is that Manchin spends most of his time surrounded by rich old white conservatives. Not just the big stuff, there are tons of little tells throughout -- little habits of thought & rhetoric. He is fully in that bubble.
Note the central self-contradiction, so familiar from right-wing rhetoric that we barely notice it any more:
1. We're in a "brutal fiscal reality," we can't pay for existing programs, inflation is on the rise, BUT ...
2. we can't raise taxes on the wealthy.
1. We're in a "brutal fiscal reality," we can't pay for existing programs, inflation is on the rise, BUT ...
2. we can't raise taxes on the wealthy.
All conservative economic rhetoric is -- all it's ever been -- is "you proles can't have nice things" dressed up in a lot of bullshit & mythology.
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