Centrist Democrats Launder Donor-Class Tax Capture as Fiscal Discipline
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He called it fiscal discipline. The altar was the tax code.
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- Hector Rentier
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- Tom Suozzi, Ro Khanna, Josh Gottheimer, Graham Platner, Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, Melat Kiros, Nithya Raman, Diana DeGette, Karen Bass, Gary Peters, Chuck Schumer, Mallory McMorrow, Haley Stevens, Donald Trump, Faiz Shakir, Liam Kerr, Grace Mausser
- Themes
- Democratic Party factionalism, primary elections, ideological conflict, progressive movement
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- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship