• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s not the quiet part. Their platform has been for decades “government doesn’t work, elect us and we’ll show you”

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      1 year ago

      Step 1: complain about government spending, claim that it creates untenable debt/deficit (they don’t care which, their base doesn’t understand the difference.)

      Step 2: insist Dems just make cuts to social programs to curb debt/deficit. Dems at least partially cave to keep government functional.

      Step 3: immediately push to cut taxes for the wealthy and big businesses, creating a massive deficit in the budget.

      Step 4: see step 1.