• Shardikprime@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    They say it all the time. You just have to hear, and more important, listen to them

    About 70% of reps think the government deficit is too high. About 45% of Dems think the same. Both have been, interestingly, increasing yearly.

    Widespread, 60% of voting age adults in USA think the government spends too much “on shit nobody cares about”. My quote.

    Because people want the spending on medical care, education, science, social security, helping the needed and so on. Polling shows it.

    But this has to come at a cost.

    Dems want a bigger state apparatus behind all this.

    Reps want an efficient, smaller one behind this.

    Interesting as well , a lot of people, like 40%, want more spend in security forces.

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      6 hours ago

      if you’re going to make that point you need to mention the pattern of unfunded tax cuts over the last couple decades.

      Yes the deficit is way too high, but also yes funding is too low on important things like safety nets, human services, infrastructure, long term societal advance. Most importantly, yes the unfunded tax cuts focusing on the wealthy and corporation of the last few decades is the real issue

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      7 hours ago

      … no one believes trump will deliver a smaller government. If they do they haven’t been paying attention.

      This use to just be a libertarian thing, too. So, you can say they are united in this cause but could I really ask any MAGA person and this is what they will tell me?