Brian Riedl 🧀
Brian_Riedl
This bad argument is everywhere. If someone's labor adds only $8/hr in revenue, an employer having to pay $15 is losing $7/hr on that person. So the "viable business model"
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NEW from me. Liberals in California shouldn't have to worry about Mitch McConnell or Ted Cruz affecting their lives. Conservatives in Texas shouldn't have to fear Bernie Sanders or Nancy
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MEGA-THREAD: @mattyglesias competently summarizes the "Debt no longer matters, so relax & add more" case. But these arguments - common on econ Twitter - dismiss two key realities:1) Baseline debt
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Seeing a lot of "The Rich Don't Pay Taxes" takes tonight. So let's go to the CBO, IRS, and OECD data.These are based on actual taxes paid - including loopholes.Clearly,
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The left despises McConnell because he's the only Hill GOP leader in decades who is as ruthless they are. Most Republican Hill leaders are pushovers who want to be loved
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Chartstorm: Today, CBO new released the new 30-year budget baseline. This rosy scenario assumes the 2017 tax cuts expire, no new tax/spending legislation, and low interest rates. Spending soars to
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