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		stvltvs 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solution to US debt crisis is severe austerity tri... Why choose that metric rather than income, corporate, capital gains, etc. tax rates? Seems like it could obfuscate who bears the burden of those taxes.

rayiner 4 days ago [–]

Because we are talking about the federal debt, not distributional issues.

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