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Goal: help people by increasing the amount of money they have
Politician A: I’m going to help people by increasing taxes and increasing cash given to people
Politician B: I’m going to help people by forcing business to increase pay and therefore keep taxes low.
Voters will choose politician B.
Same thing with higher education:
Politician A: I will help students by funding universities and keeping tuition low, but have to raise taxes.
Politician B: I will help students by increasing the amount of debt they can load up on and I will cut taxes by reducing funding for universities.
Politician B gets elected again.
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Goal: help people by increasing the amount of money they have
Politician A: I’m going to help people by increasing taxes and increasing cash given to people
Politician B: I’m going to help people by forcing business to increase pay and therefore keep taxes low.
Voters will choose politician B.
Same thing with higher education:
Politician A: I will help students by funding universities and keeping tuition low, but have to raise taxes.
Politician B: I will help students by increasing the amount of debt they can load up on and I will cut taxes by reducing funding for universities.
Politician B gets elected again.