Yeah, this. The one issue that unites left and right (and pretty much everyone else): We do not want to pay for this much government.

One step past there, of course, there is no more unity. Can we just run a deficit forever with no consequences? I have a profound distrust of free lunches, but I can't prove that MMT is false. I'm almost certain that it is, but I can't prove it to the satisfaction of anyone who believes it.

But even if you don't believe MMT, then what? Can we keep going a while longer without too much damage? Should we?

And if not, then we have to cut some things or raise some taxes or both, and that's where the political trench warfare starts.

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