Survey by social scientists shows why Washington focuses on deficits instead of desperately needed jobs.AlterNet
New Research: Deficit Hawks Reflect the Views of the Wealthy, Not the Majority
Benjamin I. Page | Scholars Strategy Network
You knew this already but here is the evidence.
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Great info. If nothing else it provides a sanity check, showing that we weren't just a bunch of cynics imagining a crazy conspiracy theory about the 1% running the country.
"Most Americans favor using corporate income taxes “a lot” to get revenue for government programs"
Shows that most Americans are libertarian... completely blind to govt's fiscal authority. This is the core problem.
MMT shows how tax revenues to fund govt spending are obsolete (again after nearly 2,000 years).
rsp,
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