They aren’t a problem politically, and they benefit the country economically. But Republicans only admit this when one of their own is in the White House.
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How Trump Stole the Dems’ Clothes on Deficits and Trade
The culprit: an alliance between two centrist Democratic presidents with Wall Street and neoliberal ideology.
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The Deficit Hawks Have It Wrong
The problem is not the deficit, but that Trump’s deficit finances the wrong things—billionaires rather than bridges, tunnels, and schools.