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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoMany advisors have. Many debt hawks in Congress have too. But it’s not populist policy because the concept is too complex, so it’s never politically tenable. :/
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoHow is this too complex? Isn’t ‘fiscal responsibility’ a classical republican platform? I would have assumed most (especially older) voters are already familiar with the topic.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago Isn’t ‘fiscal responsibility’ a classical republican platform? Hence classical Republicans got swallowed by MAGA, and no one is listening to Democrats ramble on. If policy doesn’t fit in an angry Tweet or a Tiktok-length video, it (on aggregate) doesn’t stick. That’s just how it is :(
Many advisors have.
Many debt hawks in Congress have too.
But it’s not populist policy because the concept is too complex, so it’s never politically tenable. :/
How is this too complex? Isn’t ‘fiscal responsibility’ a classical republican platform? I would have assumed most (especially older) voters are already familiar with the topic.
Hence classical Republicans got swallowed by MAGA, and no one is listening to Democrats ramble on.
If policy doesn’t fit in an angry Tweet or a Tiktok-length video, it (on aggregate) doesn’t stick. That’s just how it is :(