• IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    I agree with what he says, although Milei still has several points that could be criticized.

    Returning to the topic of public spending, it’s difficult because each side wants more. Argentina made those cuts because its finances weren’t doing well and inflation was rising.

    The United States isn’t in that situation, so they could make those cuts more efficiently, but Trump made the cuts more for political reasons than practical ones. Added to the fact that his law, approved by Congress, makes it more likely that the United States will have more delicate finances in the future.

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      18 hours ago

      I didn’t mean to imply that Trump’s overall budget is a good one - maybe the cuts could be justified as part of a serious effort to reduce the deficit, but I don’t support them when they’re accompanied by even bigger tax cuts and the deficit grows.

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        3 hours ago

        Part of the issue here is that you are supporting a libertarian platform. Cutting aid for the needy and cutting taxes to support oligarchy is pretty much their game plan. They won’t say they are supporting oligarchy, but it is the logical conclusion of their ideas.

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          3 hours ago

          I do generally lean towards lowercase-L libertarianism (I don’t support the Libertarian party) but running a huge deficit isn’t libertarian. Taxes shouldn’t be lower than spending in the long term.

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            2 hours ago

            Im empathetic to surface level libertarian stuff, but i have to treat them for what they are overall; supporters of oligarchy. Their attacks on environmental protections and civil rights don’t out right say it, but its clear and the logical conclusion for “let the market solve it”