the congestion pricing thing was kinda a massive red flag here. even the median progressive believes that improving overall outcomes is bad if a single hypothetical poor person might be negatively effected
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
the congestion pricing thing was kinda a massive red flag here. even the median progressive believes that improving overall outcomes is bad if a single hypothetical poor person might be negatively effected
I actually think student debt is a bad example here, because Biden *did* purport to forgive it, and SCOTUS effectively un-forgave it. It’s more like Trump’s tariffs, which—if prognostication holds—SCOTUS is poised to un-collect. The better analogy is invoking 14A to ignore the debt ceiling
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I actually think student debt is a bad example here, because Biden *did* purport to forgive it, and SCOTUS effectively un-forgave it. It’s more like Trump’s tariffs, which—if prognostication holds—SCOTUS is poised to un-collect. The better analogy is invoking 14A to ignore the debt ceiling