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cuts taxes
shreds environmental standards
sucks up to Big Oil and Finance
defunds public services
Done, done, done, and done.
If you object to any of these, you aren't a serious policymaker.
I wouldn't necessarily have issues with tax cuts to the low and middle class, assuming we tax the shit out of mega businesses and the upper class
"Sorry. Best I can do is cut taxes and regulations for companies and billionaires as they are job creators. Your taxes are going to have to continue at the same rate. In fact, taxes for you may have to go up. Social spending will have to be cut."
I also think raising taxes on people who aren't me is a great idea.
But from a macro-econ perspective, I do question why we're paying private businesses to do government work and then taxing them on what we paid them. Seems like we could just insource the work to government agencies and save everyone a bureaucratic headache.
I mean, that's not what I said.
I hate private public partnerships. So I agree with you there :)