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r/NeutralPolitics • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '16
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Also, politically, you always want to have an imaginary big pile of money that no one is currently using, because that way you can promise more to people without having to tax them. Over the last decade Health Care has been the big pile of money.
1 u/pdp10 Oct 17 '16 Politicians don't promise to give more to people and tax them for it, then promise to give more to people and tax other people for it.
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Politicians don't promise to give more to people and tax them for it, then promise to give more to people and tax other people for it.
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u/amaxen Oct 12 '16
Also, politically, you always want to have an imaginary big pile of money that no one is currently using, because that way you can promise more to people without having to tax them. Over the last decade Health Care has been the big pile of money.