Our media is filled with disinformation on monetary policy. Yesterday, I was fortunate to meet with economists who’ve opened my eyes to MMT. Tldr:federal government can pay for anything it deems a priority because it has power to coin money. 1/5
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Just gonna say it: if I lived in NY-12, you’d have my vote based on this thread alone.
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I still appreciate your support from non NY-12!

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Adding this in case you haven’t seen it. Well worth watching for anyone who hasn’t. The time cannot come soon enough when the American ppl understand this. We must stop talking about US Federal spending/like personal spending/debt. Totally different.1/https://twitter.com/bradleyrbloom/status/1183110055572492289?s=21 …
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There’s a montage at the beginning of her speech which shows how prevalent that incorrect framing is & has been for a long time. It can’t be overstated how harmful the consequences of that are IMO. 2/2 P.S. Go Lauren!

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She begins speaking at ~2min15sec.