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Legal Crisis Manager, Author, Former White House Special Counsel; cofounder law firm of Davis Goldberg & Galper; cofounder public relations firm Trident DMG

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lannyjdavis.com
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    1. Lanny Davis‏ @LannyDavis Jan 1

      @SenDonnelly @SenDonnelly gives Demo progressives (including me) an important New Year’s message - we need working family message appealing also to rural culturally conservative voters in Red States. Our economic populist program should. Raising taxes for “free” everything won’t

      54 replies . 4 retweets 86 likes
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    2. Lanny Davis‏ @LannyDavis Jan 1

      @SenDonnelly .@SenDonnelly gives Demo progressives (including me) an important New Year’s message - we need working family message appealing also to rural culturally conservative voters in Red States. Our economic populist program should. Raising taxes for “free” everything won’t

      44 replies . 3 retweets 40 likes
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      Lanny Davis‏ @LannyDavis Jan 1

      Let me try to explain. Politicians talk a lot about “free” college education for all. But as you state, it’s not “free.” Taxes will be needed to pay for it. Progressives need to face the reality that using the term “free” is misleading. Ok?

      4:41 am - 1 Jan 2019
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        2. nick‏ @nick_evans Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          You're no progressive. These are conservative talking points using conservative rhetoric and reasoning.

          7 replies . 13 retweets 734 likes
        3. nick‏ @nick_evans Jan 1
          Replying to @nick_evans @LannyDavis

          "Free college" is not the least bit misleading. *Everyone* understands it means tuition-free for students but we still need to pay the faculty, etc. Free college would cost less than the increases in military spending passed in 2017 alone (with no tax increases to "pay for" it).

          7 replies . 23 retweets 622 likes
        4. nick‏ @nick_evans Jan 1
          Replying to @nick_evans @LannyDavis

          And taxes at the federal level haven't been needed to pay for anything (in the traditional sense) since we moved off of the gold standard. They are primarily for reducing aggregate demand (taming inflation), and should not be expected to match up 1-to-1 with spending.

          4 replies . 10 retweets 257 likes
        5. nick‏ @nick_evans Jan 1
          Replying to @nick_evans @LannyDavis

          You know what else tames inflation: Investment to increase the productive capacity of our labor force. Your implication that we'd need to raise taxes to pay for this particular program is simply false.

          3 replies . 5 retweets 149 likes
        6. Just an Observer‏ @World_W_No_End Jan 1
          Replying to @nick_evans @LannyDavis

          He’s a mob lawyer. He’s a joke. Donnelly and McCaskill LOST! They can all take a seat in time out until they are ready for progress.

          0 replies . 1 retweet 26 likes
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        2. FondFarewellFlacco‏ @FoxForceFlacco Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          The same is, of course, true about universal public K-12 education which is commonly referred to as free even though it actually costs money. And libraries. And fire departments.

          8 replies . 24 retweets 1,036 likes
        3. RedwoodGirl  🌹 #MedicareForAll #HousingForAll‏ @RedwoodGirl Jan 1
          Replying to @FoxForceFlacco @LannyDavis

          Yep, Lanny Davis in daily life: "It's so confusing that libraries are free but we pay taxes for them so they can't be free! I don't understand how society works!"

          5 replies . 14 retweets 567 likes
        4. Erin, Esq.‏ @leprechngangstr Jan 1
          Replying to @RedwoodGirl @FoxForceFlacco @LannyDavis

          Probably agrees with that guy that thinks libraries should be replaced with Amazon stores. Think of all the revenue we aren't capturing from underserved neighbourhoods!

          0 replies . 0 retweets 53 likes
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        2. Elliot Lake‏ @Elliot_Lake Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          Tuition at land grant unis was free, nobody bitched about it in the 70's when I went. Yes we still paid for housing and books, you're making it sound like spending tax $ on education is wasteful.

          2 replies . 4 retweets 91 likes
        3. RedwoodGirl  🌹 #MedicareForAll #HousingForAll‏ @RedwoodGirl Jan 1
          Replying to @Elliot_Lake @LannyDavis

          The entire University of CA system had no tuition fees from its inception in *1868*. Gov Reagan instituted tuition fees in the early 1970s because he fucking hated the students. A hundred years of nearly free high-quality education has been of great benefit to CA.

          1 reply . 3 retweets 75 likes
        4. Chuck IDGAF‏ @fastpathguru Jan 1
          Replying to @RedwoodGirl @Elliot_Lake @LannyDavis

          Free tuition is probably the single greatest investment the government can possibly make in it's citizenry. Investing in the already-wealthy via tax cuts is a complete waste, in relative and absolute terms.

          2 replies . 4 retweets 71 likes
        5. Torville Redenbotter‏ @TravBot Jan 1
          Replying to @fastpathguru @RedwoodGirl and

          One of the most basic macroeconomic principles is Marginal Propensity to Consume/Save, which explicitly states that giving money to rich people is worse for the economy than giving money to poor people. That was like week 1.

          1 reply . 6 retweets 54 likes
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        2. imaginarybar‏ @imaginarybar Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          Think of a charity like Donors Choose, instead of “free” college, we want a system where Taxpayers Choose to have a larger percentage of tax revenue go into funding education & healthcare, while still setting aside a portion for defense and infrastructure.

          2 replies . 2 retweets 38 likes
        3. KD Greene‏ @greene_kd Jan 1
          Replying to @imaginarybar @LannyDavis

          Students who are not hampered with debt the size of mortgages will be able to participate in the economy, buy homes, cars, etc. It will have a positive impact on those beyond those who receive it.

          2 replies . 1 retweet 44 likes
        4. Schmalex Schmones‏ @defeNEstratist Jan 1
          Replying to @greene_kd @imaginarybar @LannyDavis

          Trickle OUT > Trickle Down

          0 replies . 0 retweets 11 likes
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        2. Politicola‏ @Polticola Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          It’s nonsense that progressives don’t acknowledge it comes out of tax money

          19 replies . 2 retweets 60 likes
        3. D. Eric Harmon‏ @Raitan Jan 1
          Replying to @Polticola @LannyDavis

          It's nonsense how insincere this criticism is.

          1 reply . 0 retweets 56 likes
        4. Politicola‏ @Polticola Jan 1
          Replying to @Raitan @LannyDavis

          Politicola Retweeted Politicola

          People peoplehttps://twitter.com/polticola/status/1080128802506895362?s=21 …

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          Politicola @Polticola
          Replying to @pointblaek @LannyDavis
          To clarify, I think Lanny’s tweet is nonsense. People are aware government spending comes from taxes. Especially democrats/progressives who are far more fiscally responsible then conservatives. It’s a choice between tax money towards corporate stock buybacks or tuition fees.
          0 replies . 0 retweets 6 likes
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        2. thùrin the poetically challenged‏ @i_am_trashman Jan 1
          Replying to @LannyDavis

          It would take 8 days of military spending to make college completely free for a year

          2 replies . 39 retweets 470 likes
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