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Economy/jobs => Covid death.
Yet, Republicans suddenly have no problem losing 6 million jobs and $15 Trillion in loses over politics:
https://cbsnews.com/news/debt-ceiling-default-6-million-jobs-15-trillion-wealth/
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It's win/win because either outcome is politically weaponized:
If people die, Republicans run on the Dem's "incompetence"....
.....and if the Dem's succeed in the prevention of death, Republicans run on government overreach/"freedom" infringement...
Walleye
(31,022 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,664 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)Look at the names they use for their programs:
"No Child Left Behind"
"Right to Work"
They label it the opposite of their real intentions, because they know few Americans will read the fine print. By the time the average American catches on, it's too late to stop it. Worse, the Republicans have already blamed the Democrats for whatever goes wrong.
texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)I say that is a win-win. I personally know of five people my age that have died in the last month due to the delta variant. Our small local paper has two pages of new obituaries each day. None of the ones who die of COVID admit it in the obituary. All unvaccinated, most between the ages of 40 and 60, and all Trumpers.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,492 posts)They do this all the time and it works every time.
Im pretty much resigned to the fact that we will be a Russian style fascist oligarchy before the next decade begins.
The country just isnt smart enough to save itself.