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CASSEColorado10 karma

And who pays back that $3T in debt? Sounds like another scheme to delay hard choices so the current generation and the Owners can live in comfort at the expense of people who will be paying taxes for the next 50 years.

CASSEColorado2 karma

What does COVID change about what’s possible, politically?

Among the people that I know, there's a widespread understanding that the United States is in the process of failing. And with that looming threat, it seems that everyone understands that change is necessary. Obviously there's a wide gulf between the change that different constituencies believe is needed, but this certainly changes the scope of possibilities. In what direction do these new imperatives move us, and to what purposes is the political obstruction likely to steer us?