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"The cornerstone of the Green revenue plan is a wealth tax raising $72.5 billion over four years. That is, well, optimistic. Just ask Germany, France and Sweden why they abandoned similar taxes. The reasons were capital flight, tax avoidance and administrative nightmares. ...
"Their plans for universal dental care ...is magical thinking, not policy. ...
"Their public housing plans ... offer no realistic plan for quadrupling construction capacity in a sector already facing severe workforce shortages and supply chain constraints.
"Their $395 weekly Income Guarantee ignores inevitable [inflationary] market responses. ... [guaranteeing] a return to similar inequality but with vastly higher government spending.
"The Greens have presented us with a textbook case of utopian thinking. And not coincidentally, 'utopia' literally means 'a place that does not exist'.”
~ Oliver Hartwich from his post ' The Green Budget fantasy'
~ Oliver Hartwich from his post ' The Green Budget fantasy'
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