• Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Media reporting Republican hits as if they’re inherently meaningful is the only reason anyone would even make that connection in the first place.

    Not all Democratic programs have any reason to worry about cost. “We’ll give you free healthcare”? Sure, ask if it’s worth the cost. (It is.) “We’ll put menstrual products in school bathrooms”? No, not really a serious question. The framing that every little bit of Democratic government spending needs to be carefully considered isn’t an inherent feature of US politics, it’s one generated by corporate media giving undue credence to fake Republican concerns about it. Notably demonstrated by how quickly those concerns evaporate when the spending is business subsidies, security theater, or tax breaks for the rich.