Ran across that when I was reading Paul Krugman’s article.
The actual wording is;
PK Yeah. So I think of it kind of at a meta grand level as question of incentives versus resources. I mean ever since Reagan it’s been all about we have to give people incentives. We have to give rich people low tax rates so that they will go out there and do whatever wonderful things rich people do. And we have to make life tough for the poor so that they have an incentive to not be poor or whatever.
It is a long article, and I know that, unfortunately, Americans have learned to hate reading, so maybe you could watch it on YouTube?
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One can read the very educational article or watch it. But if pressed, I would say;
How do we convince so many stupid people that they have been lied to most of their lives? We help the rich but don’t invest in our children. We help the rich but don’t invest in our infrastructure, roads, bridges, internet, etc. We are slowly killing our country; those superrich guys will just pack up and move and take their money with them, because they don’t care about anything except themselves.
Trump and his buddy Musk fucked up things. I need to get new Social Security Cards (they were destroyed during Harvey), but the situation has created a Catch-22 because of all the firings. Went online; they said it must be done in person. Went to make an appointment and was asked numerous questions. At the end, they said it could be done online and sent me back to where I started.
Catch-22 is a satirical 1961 novel by Joseph Heller, set during World War II, that follows U.S. Army Air Force bombardier Captain John Yossarian as he tries to survive the war and the absurd, circular logic of the military bureaucracy, particularly the titular “Catch-22,” a rule stating that a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous missions. Still, if he requests to be grounded, he proves his sanity and is therefore fit to fly. The novel is famous for its dark humor, non-linear narrative, and critique of war and bureaucracy, with the phrase “Catch-22” entering the lexicon to describe any paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape due to contradictory rules.