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title: ""Some people, though, churn out analysis that is utterly disconnected…"
date: 2020-06-10
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# "Some people, though, churn out analysis that is utterly disconnected…

*June 10, 2020 · Facebook*

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\"Some people, though, churn out analysis that is utterly disconnected from reality. I'm even thinking of creating a Fiscal Fantasyland Club to commemorate their fact-deprived writings.\
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\* In a column for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank blamed the "disastrous philosophy" of "anti-government conservatism" for leaving the federal government without the resources to fight the coronavirus.\
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\* In an article for the Atlantic, George Packer told readers that the federal government screwed up because it has been subjected to "steady defunding" by right-wing ideologues intent on "squeezing it dry."\
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\* Another columnist for the Washington Post, Dan Balz, claims that the botched response to coronavirus was caused by "underinvestment" and "hollowing out" of the federal budget.\
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The reason we may need a special club (akin to my collection of "Poverty Hucksters") is that all of these writers are wildly wrong.\
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Even a cursory look at budget data confirms that the federal government has been getting bigger over time.\
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Much bigger.\
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As such, only someone who is completely ignorant or totally dishonest is capable of writing an article based on the notion that there have been reductions in the burden of federal spending.\"\
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