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0 pointskortilla1y ago0 comments

Yet nobody with an economics degree is in control of government spending. Funny that

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That’s actually just categorically wrong and frankly easy to find out. First of all the one that jumps to mind is AOC, but also just in general apparently econ is the third most popular study for congress members, behind politics and law.

kortillaOP1y ago

AOC is not in charge of government spending. Congress members have not meaningfully capped government spending for decades now.

So it’s not “categorically wrong” and it’s petty good evidence that those degrees are useless for actually controlling government spending.

bccdee1y ago

…do you actually think there are no economists working on the US government's federal budget? Is that a serious belief of yours?

PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken

Wake me when a majority of actual US voters would pick someone based on their educational qualifications for the job.

krainboltgreene1y ago

We do that all the time.

PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years.

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krainboltgreene1y ago

kortillaOP1y ago

AOC is not in charge of government spending. Congress members have not meaningfully capped government spending for decades now.

So it’s not “categorically wrong” and it’s petty good evidence that those degrees are useless for actually controlling government spending.

bccdee1y ago

…do you actually think there are no economists working on the US government's federal budget? Is that a serious belief of yours?

PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken

Wake me when a majority of actual US voters would pick someone based on their educational qualifications for the job.

krainboltgreene1y ago

We do that all the time.

PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years.

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