Congress should be required to take an economics refresher course every year.
“Congress should be required to take an economics refresher course every year.”
Voters get a monthly economic refresher course with their bank statement.
Since 2020, there has been a baffling amount of economic ignorance on the right, too.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economics
economics
noun
eco·nom·ics ˌe-kə-ˈnä-miks ˌē-kə-
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1a: a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
b: economic theory, principles, or practices
sound economics
Take tariffs. From an Econ perspective, tariffs are a govt-run tool that takes consumer surplus and transfers it to the government and producers, and creates deadweight loss.
Some on the right take issue with that reality, or cry that it’s needed now or we have to beat China yada yada yada.
Whatever. Tariffs are still an income redistribution gig. Welfare.
If conservatives want to embrace being a little statist, that’s fine.
But Own it.
Excellent idea. Along with the senate.
when 80% of the electorate are economic illiterates then 80% of the elected will be economic illiterates ...