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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It’s usually done under the guise of reducing taxes or reducing the size of government.

Usually done by our Republican (Conservative) Party spouting generalities like “taxes are too high”, “government is wasteful”, “private company could do better”. Somehow they always skip the part where the functionality is important and the private alternative is worse and costlier (but at least their buddies get to profit)

Apparently voters fall for it, without consideration for what is being cut or whether it really needs to be

And somehow we also keep falling for “reduce taxes” even when that only benefits the wealthy, and when that’s actually the biggest source of debt

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2026
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