• pingveno@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s an obvious strawman argument. How about a spectrum between high taxes, generous social safety net and low taxes, skimpy social safety net? There are people with beliefs all along that spectrum. Of course, then there are people who want low taxes and a generous social safety net, but that’s another matter.

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      2 months ago

      I mean that literally describes “socially liberal fiscally conservative” morons. No tax! Only benefit!

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        2 months ago

        That’s the opposite of (genuine) fiscally conservatism, since it implies large fiscal deficits. Not that some fiscal deficits are inherently bad, they are widely misunderstood when used in a limited way.