Derek Thompson
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A moral society should judge itself based on how it cares for and looks out for the most vulnerable. But welfare is expensive. Redistribution costs money. It literally is just money. And you know what's really, really good for growing your ability to spend money to help the poor? It's growth. Being pro-growth is being pro-growth.
A moral society should judge itself based on how it cares for and looks out for the most vulnerable. But welfare is expensive. Redistribution costs money. It literally is just money. And you know what's really, really good for growing your ability to spend money to help the poor? It's growth. Being pro-growth is being pro-growth.
A moral society should judge itself based on how it cares for and looks out for the most vulnerable. But welfare is expensive. Redistribution costs money. It literally is just money. And you know what's really, really good for growing your ability to spend money to help the poor? It's growth. Being pro-growth is being pro-growth.
anti-poverty and for the marginalized and for those who don't have enough. Because helping people costs something. And if you have, say, a flat average tax rate and your economy is shrinking, by definition, you have less tax revenue that you can redistribute to those who need it most.
anti-poverty and for the marginalized and for those who don't have enough. Because helping people costs something. And if you have, say, a flat average tax rate and your economy is shrinking, by definition, you have less tax revenue that you can redistribute to those who need it most.
anti-poverty and for the marginalized and for those who don't have enough. Because helping people costs something. And if you have, say, a flat average tax rate and your economy is shrinking, by definition, you have less tax revenue that you can redistribute to those who need it most.
If you have a flax tax rate and your economy is growing, by definition, that same tax rate on a higher overall GDP means more money for people who need it.
If you have a flax tax rate and your economy is growing, by definition, that same tax rate on a higher overall GDP means more money for people who need it.
If you have a flax tax rate and your economy is growing, by definition, that same tax rate on a higher overall GDP means more money for people who need it.
So I think it's really important, especially in an age of high deficits and high interest rates, to say the path toward affording Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and the earned income tax rate and an expanded child tax rate and even more welfare that we think is important for helping the marginalized, the path toward all of that flows toward growth.
So I think it's really important, especially in an age of high deficits and high interest rates, to say the path toward affording Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and the earned income tax rate and an expanded child tax rate and even more welfare that we think is important for helping the marginalized, the path toward all of that flows toward growth.
So I think it's really important, especially in an age of high deficits and high interest rates, to say the path toward affording Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and the earned income tax rate and an expanded child tax rate and even more welfare that we think is important for helping the marginalized, the path toward all of that flows toward growth.
So now let's talk about how to grow the economy, right? That's how I would advise a sort of abundance liberal to deal with this issue. I don't think you want to get, find yourself like in trench warfare where you're positioning your argument against welfare, right? This is a strategy to make it easier for us to afford our generosity to the low income.
So now let's talk about how to grow the economy, right? That's how I would advise a sort of abundance liberal to deal with this issue. I don't think you want to get, find yourself like in trench warfare where you're positioning your argument against welfare, right? This is a strategy to make it easier for us to afford our generosity to the low income.
So now let's talk about how to grow the economy, right? That's how I would advise a sort of abundance liberal to deal with this issue. I don't think you want to get, find yourself like in trench warfare where you're positioning your argument against welfare, right? This is a strategy to make it easier for us to afford our generosity to the low income.
When's this podcast coming out? Let's finish on this.
When's this podcast coming out? Let's finish on this.
When's this podcast coming out? Let's finish on this.
Okay. So we got game seven, nuggets, clips, who we got?
Okay. So we got game seven, nuggets, clips, who we got?