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You can't correct someone making a reification error by employing even more figurative ("pizza!") language: Nope! The federal budget is not like a pizza. With a pizza, cutting someone a bigger ? does indeed leave a smaller pie to ➗ up among everyone else. The gov’t budget is different! It’s not a zero-sum game. We can fund other priorities even as interest payments rise. #HereToHelp https://t.co/FDhBZWDOki — Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) November 19, 2019 This "pizza!" metaphor will have no effect here...
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You can't correct someone making a reification error by employing even more figurative ("pizza!") language: Nope! The federal budget is not like a pizza. With a pizza, cutting someone a bigger ? does indeed leave a smaller pie to ➗ up among everyone else. The gov’t budget is different! It’s not a zero-sum game. We can fund other priorities even as interest payments rise. #HereToHelp https://t.co/FDhBZWDOki — Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) November 19, 2019 This "pizza!" metaphor will have no effect here...
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You can't correct someone making a reification error by employing even more figurative ("pizza!") language:
Nope! The federal budget is not like a pizza. With a pizza, cutting someone a bigger ? does indeed leave a smaller pie to ➗ up among everyone else. The gov’t budget is different! It’s not a zero-sum game. We can fund other priorities even as interest payments rise. #HereToHelp https://t.co/FDhBZWDOki— Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) November 19, 2019
This "pizza!" metaphor will have no effect here...