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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago
  1. Hand out tax breaks to the wealthy, creating huge budget deficits

  2. Use those deficits as an excuse to slash an already fragile social safety net

This is another bluff, which virtually everyone falls for, including progressives, and even leftists. Previously:

What if I told you that our federal taxes don’t go toward food stamps at all, and in fact pay for nothing?