Mass_Dem

Public policy grad student. Campaign work, on & off. Left Classical Liberal. Progressive.

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@fakedansavage Attacking latecomers to one's cause only raises the cost of conversion, making more persuasion of more people less likely.

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

But didn't she just say at a recent event that she won't add a penny to the deficit? https://t.co/9i5QCYRunc

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Why the debt scolds should be ignored: HRC should do years of deficit financed infrastructure spending if she can https://t.co/fZAwIDHaHe

[The Hill @thehill]

Gingrich: 'Of course' we can afford to have president with split personality https://t.co/lEwfiVasve

[Nick Merrill @NickMerrill]

From editor at liberal rag Wall Street Journal. https://t.co/f2Km8Z94aW

[Damon Linker @DamonLinker]

To all Republicans saying Pence's views reassured Republicans: You know that Reps picked Trump over 16 varieties of Pence, right?

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@slatestarcodex makes something like the quant's case for voting Clinton for president (or Johnson, or Stein): https://t.co/atMF8tqhCY

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@slatestarcodex does the good work of dismantling the foreign policy case for DJT over HRC: He Kept Us Out Of War? https://t.co/Nn39SQRiU4

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” - Milton Friedman

[Pitt Griffin @pittgriffin]

GOP political definitions:|
Taker: A poor person who pays no fed income tax
Genius: A rich person who pays no fed income tax
#TrumpTaxes

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@thehill But means-/asset-testing such programs only limits their political constituency, harming quality and long-term political security.

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@thehill ... She doesn't think the state paying with public money for someone like Donald Trump's kids to go to college is progressive. ...

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@thehill HRC's reason for opposing universal access to higher education isn't tactical or contingent, but claimed to be out of principle:...

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

But there is a difference between supporting X while being skeptical of getting it immediately and not supporting X at all. https://t.co/PcfSILZPrD

[The Hill @thehill]

Clinton criticizes Sanders fans in leaked audio https://t.co/JZsHTxbgmR

[Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini]

Certainly something that virtually every elite institution is piling on Trump and he's performing within the normal range for any nominee

[Ben Pershing @benpershing]

This is confusing: Is Hannity saying Trump was for taking Iraq's oil but against the invasion? https://t.co/9PVtTy10A6

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@XavierTrapnel What could be downside to create money if it just sits in an account? In short, QE-created money is spent on financial assets

[Mass_Dem @Mass_Dem]

@XavierTrapnel Why would a central bank create money and then NOT inject it into the economy?

[David Lauter @DavidLauter]

Biggest takeaway from ABC/Post: Trump gets 88% of voters who say he's qualified, 5% who say no. task for debate: expand th 43% who say yes.

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Criminologists don’t see any connection between the use of stop and frisk and reduction in crime. https://t.co/pmxM3IZWF0

[David Lauter @DavidLauter]

Debate audience was big, but US pop has grown a lot. In 1980, about half the voter-eligible pop watched debate. Last nite, just over 1/3.

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

Party ID is a hell of a drug https://t.co/30cQkKKymM