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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The second lesson is that while ideas matter, expert ideas do not necessarily matter. Past fiscal debates have divided economists and policy wonks… This time around there was almost no debate: Wonks from across the political spectrum opposed the legislation. ... Even some of the authors of Mr. Trump’s first-term tax cuts were critics of the budget number gimmicks that went into this new law. None of them changed the outcome…”