• dan1101@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    And soon we will hear loud cries about how high the federal deficit suddenly mysteriously got, and how the Democrats should fix it.

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      Not even calls to fix it, because they wouldn’t want to even imply their opponents could. Instead it will once again be a way to frame opposition to spending on programs that are positioned to improve lives, or to distract, with it being a “more important” topic than whatever initiative is being floated.