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It’s always interesting that the pitch Biden is making here — rich people should accept moderately higher taxes as the best way to maintain the existing social structure in the face of rising inequality — is in reality embraced by very few billionaires. — PolitiTweet.org

I had thought the Biden “nothing will fundamentally change” quote was a paraphrase, but no, he indeed said just tha… https://t.co/QTEl3T29aa

Posted June 19, 2019 Hibernated

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@nbeaudrot True but the biggest example by far of that being a less-partisan age was Tip O’Neil brining Reagan bills to the floor in 1981 so they could pass with Boll Weevil votes — i.e. the opposite of progressives getting things done. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think it’s a consequence of the USSR collapsing. Under the Cold War context, western economic elites felt compelled to demonstrate that capitalist economies delivered shared growth. But without a credible threat of revolution, it’s all Ayn Rand summer camp with Paul Ryan. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 19, 2019 Hibernated