WatsonApr 3
Daniel Jalkut
Every American would be basking in luxury, or at least square meals and healthcare, if our government only thought that investing in ourselves was more prudent than destroying everybody else. A country led by self-proclaimed "fiscal conservatives," no less. They're throwing our riches away.
Apr 3 at 3:02amWeb
Show threadChris EspinosaApr 3

@danielpunkass
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

Declan McManus, 1982

Show threadDaniel JalkutApr 3
@Cdespinosa Aww so good. Hi Chris - just happened to read the NYT feature on you and loved it. Keep it real.
Show threadChris EspinosaApr 3
@danielpunkass I’m trying but it keeps going surreal on me
Show threadDavid CohenApr 3
@danielpunkass Fiscal conservative just means that they conserve all the fiscal for themselves
Show threadAxelApr 3
@danielpunkass
You mean, like in the fifties and sixties, when the rich were taxed?
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Show threadFrancesco MariniApr 3
@danielpunkass tbh, the same could easily apply to a number of countries. Which makes it even more relevant.
Show threadMichael CritzApr 3

@danielpunkass I always feel that people concerned about federal taxes are always one search for “federal discretionary spending pie chart” away from self awareness.^

^ then you can remind folks that the nondiscretionary still includes $1.5 Trillion for financing past wars, veterans benefits, healthcare costs, maintenance of nuclear weapons (DoE budget not DoD). Because of how debt is structured it’s not entirely possible to say, but I argue that we still haven’t paid off World War 1.