Another great example of "Don't do a cost-benefit analysis. Just look at the benefits. Aren't they nice?" Yes, they are. Absolutely But there are costs too. And while I'm not a liberal, so I can't speak for them, I can do cost-benefit analyses. For the tax bill, it's net negative https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/951458572076048384 …
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Replying to @NGrossman81
I enjoy your tweets much more when you engage on policy. Political twitter isn't for everybody.
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Replying to @HillSpiaire
Meaning you like it more when I write about policy than about politics? Me too. I like thinking about policy a lot more. But political twitter can get awfully loud, sometimes about really shallow stuff, and has a way of sucking you in. And these days they overlap in weird ways.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Your policy stuff is interesting and why I follow you despite often disagreeing. But politics is a different world. Ellen knows there are costs to the bill, I'm certain she sees and regrets the flaws. She's fairly reacting to partisan messaging that gained A LOT of traction.
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Replying to @HillSpiaire
Anyone saying the bill has no benefits is being ridiculous But many arguing in its favor tout a relatively small benefit as if that, in isolation, is reason to be happy with it Maybe I'm just frustrated that so much of the political discussion shouts rather than rationally argues
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Im old enough to remember articles saying reducing the alcohol tax would kill thousands, that the GOP bill wouldn't do anything for the middle class. They even wrote articles with numbers, like "Cindy making
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Replying to @HillSpiaire @NGrossman81
Or people responsible for raising spending and absolutely ballooning the deficit wail about the debt impact. It's all theatre. The policy is harder and not sexy enough for talking heads, twitters, or voters.
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Yeah. There are stupid and/or hyperbolic arguments out there about everything. I wish the public discussion could be more "I see some upsides, but I think they're outweighed by the downsides because X, Y, Z" and less "YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US!" But no idea how to make that happen.
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