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Following standard Reagan Quackonomic theory, Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary is determined to cut taxes for the wealthy until the National Debt is eliminated!
My grandpa used to lecture me about Reaganomics and likely impacts on the debt. Oddly enough, the debt tripled during RR's tenure and he had to raise taxes like 11 times to make ends meet. From his former budget director David Stockman:
There's NIMBY and then I learned a new one today – BANANA.
BANANA is build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. This really does unfortunately describe an annoying subset on the far left.
Latest post – https://liberalandlovingit.substack.com/p/intro-to-the-electrical-grid?r=lqubq
NIMBYs and BANANAs are not so much the far-left, rather they are us: Liberals, Middle-Class, town-people and environmentalists.
Housing is expensive because we don't have enough houses. Zoning actions to upgrade density are fought tooth-and-nail by home-owners and neighborhood activists.
Transit systems and expansion of the trains are necessary for improving the environment, but Real Estate interests and car owners want parking lots, and heaven forbid government easements that take over private property.
Wind Farms and Transmission lines to cities are prohibited by zoning laws and private land ownership.
What you are really asking for is that we, as a democratic society, agree to gore some dearly-loved oxen… always somebody ELSE's oxen.
Worth noting after the inflation-based reasons for voting in 2024.