This is literally what "Two Santas" refers to. There is a name for it, and it is deliberate and intentional. Republicans don't overspend and undertax when they have power because they are bad at governing, they do it because they are evil, because it puts money in the pockets of their base AND it gives them leverage to harm their opponents when they lose power. It's a NOW and LATER, it is two Santas.
For anyone interested, this is the original article by Wanniski detailing "the Two-Santa Claus Theory of the political economy":
Original article reposted below on this page and discussed on this page.
Yes, good on them. Stop selling Americans cheap goods made in places that circumvent our notions of fairness like minimum wages and environmental protections.
America the land of fair minimum wages and environmental protections? You are being sarcastic, right?
Linus personal concern was not a factor in any such decision. If it had been, they would never have been able to join. The decision was for legal reasons. Taking a stand against a legal decision to block contributors in a nation from certain things is not always a good way to spend ones limited funds. In fact, it very seldom is.
Are you suggesting that Linus is a racist xenophobe? Re the legal reasons, I'm not sure how collective punishment achieves anything, but it's the American way.
That "permanent damage" you refer to is properly termed "vaccine side effects."
That explains why unvaccinated people have more long-COVID and vaccinated people who haven't had COVID don't. I was wondering. Thanks.
Who are these unvaccinated with long covid? I have never met one. I had omicron in January 2022 and never had a recurrence because I have natural immunity. Meanwhile, vaxxed and double boosted are getting covid-19 several times. They are either getting covid again or maybe the vaccinated have long covid that is reemerging. I travelled with my wife to Quebec City during the summer and we walked an average of 16 thousand steps per day over 4 days including climbing to the Citadel and from the lower city to Chateau Frontenac when the Funicular was closed due to maintenance. If we had long covid, we would have been out of breath. Prior to January 2022, I did just fine unvaccinated with no covid-19. Strange. When I did get omicron, I had one night of fever and we just isolated the required 10 days and were fine after that. Unvaccinated who never had covid-19 also do not have long covid.
If you claim to be an old style liberal like Alan Dershowitz, then you should be fighting for people like me. I am no threat to anyone. Libertarians are trying to fight for the right of all of you to speak your mind.
UNIX is hot. It's more than hot. It's steaming. It's quicksilver lightning with a laserbeam kicker. -- Michael Jay Tucker