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Businesses are still going to negotiate no taxes with the local government. A millionaire getting a charitable deductible is nothing compared to the billions Amazon saves by getting lower taxes in exchange for locating hubs in a particular city.
Lots of politicians know and admit those are bullshit...
Like most issues, it would be solved if at least one of the only two parties was progressive.
Neoliberals and republicans uniting to fuck over the average American, doesn't mean the average American will always lose.
Just means we have a bunch of politicians to replace.
Legit question:
What's the difference?
They're both the same people, like, in your eyes can you name one from each group that don't belong to the other?
I feel like that's the entire point of them changing their label every 5-10 years. It's all the same policy, just a new name.
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I've never in all my life thought anyone would seriously say Bernie Sanders is a neoliberal...
Who told you that?
A progressive...
Because that's what he calls himself, and that's what he is.
https://berniesanders.com/
Rather than summarize, here's a very good article on how neoliberalism has been fucking shit up for decades in America
https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2019/6/11/18660240/democrats-neoliberalism