Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

So it's a very "transactional" piece of public policy, directly serving the interests of the people who elected you. That's extremely common, though, in the same way that, say, the Trump tax cuts were. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

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The thing about student loan debt relief is that, while other policies would be more economically progressive, it fairly efficiently redistributes well-being toward people in the Democratic coalition. Youngish, middle-class-ish college/grad school attendees = a *very* D group. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

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@DinoStraciatela Maybe in the short run, but in the long run, political parties benefit from "locking in" certain interest groups, and this is the sort of substantively important win for D-aligned voters that could help keep them locked in. That's the theory, anyway. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022