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telepathic_pepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is a larger implication behind this. Leftists' moral framework is that any further expansion of government power or spending is, by default, good. The concepts of ulterior motive and unintended consequences don't seem to exist in their calculation, unless the bill intently furthers right-wing causes.

This is why Democrats destroy the cities and states they control. They turbo-legislate away their budgets, with nothing but vague optimism that any given bill will achieve its intended effect without creating additional problems, and create an ever-expanding market for politicians willing to grant legislative windfalls to their big donors.

It amazes me that leftists who complain about corrupt politicians selling favors to corporate donors never figure out that the product that corporations and lobbyists are buying is the politician's ability to regulate the economy. This is a libertarian argument, and they use it to justify authoritarianism.