Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I spent most of the 2020 primary worried that if Biden won, he would pivot to deficit reduction. That we’re not having that conversation is a success story in changing the debate. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 29, 2021 Hibernated

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Relevant context for Manchin’s “brutal fiscal reality” concern is that in 2010-2013 the moderate Dem position (extending deep into the mainstream of the party) was that spending should be cut — a position of “do nothing” would’ve put you to the left of Obama. — PolitiTweet.org

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An impressive thing about the conservative movement is that *the whole group of people* pivots to deficit alarmism the moment a Democrat takes office, it’s not limited to elected officials. There’s just marvelous movement-wide discipline. — PolitiTweet.org

This chart shows that the debt is already the highest it has been since WWII as a share of the economy and most Dem… https://t.co/CzwtRTX5oM

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