The Republicans' entire fiscal philosophy, having been completely discredited for well over 25 years at this point (as fiscal policy Reaganomics failed almost immediately, hugely expanding the deficit), is transparently bankrupt and a joke. It makes sense only as a tool to deliver public goods to their corporate and high wealth constituents under what every congressional Republican recognizes are utterly vacant and disingenuous arguments.
We simply can't go on buying the world's most expensive military, funding basic research, having highways, running a department of justice, etc., and telling those well off citizens who most benefit from the system that they needn't pay for it. It's like having a bunch of grandees in a fancy restaurant, then sending the bill to the waiters to put on the waiters' personal credit cards. It would be comical if it weren't so tragic.
How about let's stay a first world country, and those of us who do well here grow a sense of shame and decency and be willing to pitch in.
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