The "how will you pay for that" details are meaningless *even if you have an accounting degree* its just a way for the media to try and pin down democrats and make them look back by choosing a negative framing for their proposals bsky.app/profile/beeb...
None of the precise taxation stuff will survive first contact with the actual legislative process anyway, so it's just opening yourself up to attack on the particulars of something hypothetical that almost certainly will bear little resemblance to any actual enacted policy
Agree but I do think if she said something like "I'm gonna take it out of Andy Jassy's ass, that's how I'm gonna pay for it" it would probably play really well. But she won't, obviously.
The word I'd use is "values" not "vibes" but same idea. Values beat policies every time. bsky.app/profile/cfal...
That is why this video is on point because as he says the wealthy GOP supporters never ask the question "how will you pay for that": www.tiktok.com/@doss.discou...
TikTok video by doss.discourse
Also remember when they asked DJT "how will you deport so many people" and he chose to interpret the question as "how will you pay for that" and his answer still had no actual details
The whole point is to generate areas of fracture. Either the policies aren’t generous enough, too generous, leave some groups out, and if all else fails, will raise taxes
That's also not really the Pres's job(?). The details get worked out in Congress. The President, as the party leader, sets the goals and gives final approval. JFK wasn't sitting down looking at rocket schematics, he just said "moon hard, hard good, therefore moon good." and let the nerds go at it