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Whose policy choice was it to let it expire? Answer: Republicans. I guess you agree with me and other liberals that the Child Tax Credit did a great deal to lift children out of poverty.

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 18d

the point theyre making is that reduced poverty is an outcome of liberal policies and its increase a result of removing those. So indeed biden reduced poverty and kamalas election would have done the same

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 19d

breaking even with buying a retail flight and 63 individual beers, my optimal consumption bundle

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 19d

would it change your worldview if he had indeed said shit and you just didn't notice?

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 20d

oh you were convinced by "government is just like service"?

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 22d

i think dropping his gun is enough ammo for jokes/dunks

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 25d

faced, and didn't elect the coup guy at the next opportunity

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 25d

depends on whether you believe that there are no worthwhile policies that trade off short term cost for longterm gains

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 26d

I think mamdani successfully rephrased it in a way that hopefully gets picked up by random posters aswell

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torpike.bsky.social @torpike.bsky.social · 26d

my interpretation would be, that defund does encompass a lot of things that aren't in the more specific phrase

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