← Back to context Comment by kortilla 2 months ago Yet nobody with an economics degree is in control of government spending. Funny that 11 comments kortilla Reply krainboltgreene 2 months ago 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. kortilla 1 month 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. bccdee 2 months ago …do you actually think there are no economists working on the US government's federal budget? Is that a serious belief of yours? PaulDavisThe1st 2 months ago "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. MenckenWake me when a majority of actual US voters would pick someone based on their educational qualifications for the job. krainboltgreene 2 months ago We do that all the time. PaulDavisThe1st 2 months ago Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years. 5 replies →
krainboltgreene 2 months ago 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. kortilla 1 month 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.
kortilla 1 month 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.
bccdee 2 months ago …do you actually think there are no economists working on the US government's federal budget? Is that a serious belief of yours?
PaulDavisThe1st 2 months ago "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. MenckenWake me when a majority of actual US voters would pick someone based on their educational qualifications for the job. krainboltgreene 2 months ago We do that all the time. PaulDavisThe1st 2 months ago Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years. 5 replies →
krainboltgreene 2 months ago We do that all the time. PaulDavisThe1st 2 months ago Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years. 5 replies →
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.
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.
…do you actually think there are no economists working on the US government's federal budget? Is that a serious belief of yours?
"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.
We do that all the time.
Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years.
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