Brian Riedl 🧀
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Chartstorm: Today, CBO released its new budget baseline. Here are actual and projected deficits:2019: $984 billion2020: $3,132 billion2021: $2,258 billion plus any added relief legislation2020-2031: $17,656 billion doubling the debt
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I have a study in editing showing that the common "Democratic presidents manage the economy better than Republicans" argument is nonsense. The #1 predictor of GDP/jobs in a presidential term
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NEW from me: What if nearly everything you know about government is false? Many slam Trump voters for believing lies about election fraud. But nearly everything we all "know" about
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You are not getting screwed.A common Twitter theme right now is now the middle class gets screwed - paying all the taxes, not getting the benefits. The reality is the
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MEGA-THREAD: @mattyglesias competently summarizes the "Debt no longer matters, so relax & add more" case. But these arguments - common on econ Twitter - dismiss two key realities:1) Baseline debt
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