Artemis11h ago
The truth is that you can't be "fiscally conservative & socially liberal" because if you're actually paying attention to the social issues, you will note that they are directly linked into structures of power—the same structures of power that create our "fiscal" situation.
Show threadJackie

@artemis

"Fiscally conservative socially liberal" means that you will affirm the pronouns of a poor trans person who is dying of malnutrition.

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Show threadChu 朱10h ago

@burnoutqueen @artemis

I feel like you just described my bro and all his entire social circle in LA.

Show threadMitch Rose10h ago

@burnoutqueen @artemis

To me "fiscally conservative" means nothing more than that the books should be balanced, i.e. income should match expenses.

We can (and should) argue about what the expenses should be, and then determine how to get the necessary income to cover.

Recently I read, here in the fediverse, that government should not be run like businesses because they should be focused on longer term benefits for _all_ the governed. Which made sense to me.

While some rich folks might feel they are "subsidizing" the poor when they pay more taxes I couldn't disagree more. Especially those who need never work again.