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Wait this wasn't already a thing
How was this not already a thing
millions to anti-china propaganda, billions to ukraine and billions to isntreal takes more prominence than any domestic issue during a blue administration.
The US government is physically incapable of doing anything but print money and use violence. That's not even hyperbole, every arm of the government that used to be able to build stuff is hollowed out. If a president got into power right now and dedicated his agenda to upgrading infrastructure, they wouldn't be able to accomplish much because they'd have to hire everything out to private contractors who fleece the government. Or you'd have to build new agencies from scratch like FDR did, but he had four terms, the world's worst depression, and a world war to justify it.
It would cost a lot of money, and it wouldn't benefit the wealthy as much as tax cuts would.
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