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louis-t

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23. Republicans are NOT economists.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:11 PM

Dec 2021

They are ideologues. They have a bunch of stupid ideas written on a bar napkin that say 'if you do THIS then THIS will happen'. None of it works because it is based on what they WANT to happen, or what they want you to believe will happen. They don't know how economies work.

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