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Re:The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession by emodendroket on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @09:30AM (#15600932)
Or, more cynically, you can deliberately create fiscal crisis conditions to justify cutting programs you wanted to get rid of in the first place.
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Re:The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession by topspin on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @11:36AM (#15602240)
The cynic in me believes that sort of scheme is SOP in the US. Here are CA lawmakers back in 2003 weighing the benefits of prolonging the budget crisis for leverage to push through tax increases: http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/22/local/me-budget22
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