Entitlements

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/8/2021
  

  Joe Manchin's Denigration of "Entitlements" is Nothing New

  Historian Larry Glickman's work shows that Joe Manchin's fear of "entitlements" is part of a longstanding idea that American capitalism can't work without the threat of poverty and immiseration.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12-19-17
  

  Blowing Up the Deficit Is Part of the Plan

  by Julian E. Zelizer

  Republicans are hoping to use the deficits created by their own tax cuts to slash the social safety net—but they may end up setting the stage for tax hikes instead.