oh hell yeah baby here we gohttps://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1285913642202955776 …
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Replying to @jbouie
You think our concern for overspending should stop when Biden takes over?
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What do you mean by overspending?
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FWIW, this really gets to my core issue. Not that one can't oppose more spending, per se. But what I don't see is a larger framework that would help us establish when spending becomes overspending, and I think that's what's missing in a lot of conservative commentary.
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Conservatives could & should do better at that, but the really big red line is when you start proposing *new* categories of *permanent* spending.
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I'm always reluctant to ascribe motives to people, but my sense is that conservatives have an ideological opposition to government interventions in various markets, but rather than saying so directly, they cite "overspending" or "the deficit" as an easier rhetorical approach.
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Replying to @TheStalwart @baseballcrank and
I suspect the issue is that folks like you
@philipaklein@tpcarney and so on think it's not in the best interest of the public to change the structure of how we finance childcare in this country. But rather than explaining why you think that is, the deficit is used as a dodge.2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes -
Replying to @TheStalwart @baseballcrank and
I've made both arguments, because both are considerations. That federal interventions are bad policy, but also that we cannot afford it. Regardless, suggestion from
@dandrezner@jbouie et al is that somehow we're newly discovering aversion to debt for partisan reasons4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @philipaklein @TheStalwart and
When I write at more length than a tweet on this stuff, I typically get into the questions of both spending & incentives. It is not an either/or thing. We had some of these intra-Right debates with child tax credits, or even (as Phil & I both recall) Romneycare.
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Of course, we have had fewer debates about new programs during Trump's presidency because there have been so few proposals with any likelihood of passing Congress.
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