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Ika Makimaki

@pezmico@mastodon.nz · last week

"Our future fund is about a third of the cancellation fee for the iRex ferries"

Cool, bold, inspiring. Not.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/576428/labour-announces-future-fund-as-first-key-election-policy

Also, not even half of what Mr Car-Brain over here has announced to spend on more car dependency TODAY.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/576442/watch-christopher-luxon-on-515m-spend-up-for-new-roads

Do better, Labour.

#NZPol

Phil Stevens :tinoflag:

@phil_stevens@mastodon.nz replied · last week

@pezmico They're gormless dipshits who can't get their heads around #MMT. Until they do, we are doomed to continue slow-walking into feudalism 2.0 with some flavour of regressive nazis in charge.

All centrists are good for is delaying the onset. They won't fix anything structural and they consider it sufficient to put a kinder, gentler face on neoliberal destruction of the commons.

Heidi Li Feldman

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · last week

Excellent op-ed arguing for fiscal disobedience by blue state governments in the U.S.: creating escrow trust funds holding federal income tax payments unless and until Trump regime abides by the U.S. Constitution. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/blue-states-fight-back-against-trump

Daniel Lakeland

@dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org replied · last week

@heidilifeldman
This would have NO effect on anything. The government of the US does not rely on tax income to fund its operations, it ORIGINATES currency ("prints"). As long as that money was in escrow it would have the exact same effect on the economy as tax payments (that is, it would prevent inflation). Ideas like this only work in a world where the federal govt doesn't originate currency. #MMT describes what happens when it does.

bhaugen boosted

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Understanding the fantasies that make up #libertarian understanding of #money is key to understanding their cosplay worldview of the singular, atomized man.

https://realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-ep/episode-347-libertarianism-vs-reality-with-brett-scott/

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory

GhostOnTheHalfShell

@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai · 2 months ago

@economics-that-works

16 min

I would ask MMT advocates to listen through the first five minutes before hitting the keyboard or clicking away, because the point you met, he is making a very valid.

I think the correct slogan here should be:
“It is the wealth inequality stupid.”

The chief economic problem is the distribution of decision-making power.

https://youtu.be/-k6czLUdJPI

#MMT #economics