Luke Savage Profile picture
Oct 19, 2017 22 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Soooo Bernie Sanders is debating Ted Cruz. Let's do this. #CnnDebateNight
Cruz's starting premise that all taxes apply to everyone is, uh, flawed. #CnnDebateNight

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Luke Savage

Luke Savage Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @LukewSavage

Oct 4, 2018
Justin Trudeau's politics in a nutshell: Make grand, sweeping pronouncements and reap the precious political capital; then actively work against the commitment you ostensibly made huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/03/lib… #cdnpoli
This has been a consistent feature of Trudeau's government and the way it conducts itself generally. Consider Carolyn Bennett going before the UN in the summer of 2016 to adopt UNDRIP and compare to the posture the government assumed mere months later:
Or consider the way the government has tended to posture around the issue of economic inequality on the world stage: in Europe, Trudeau sounds the alarm about rising inequality and in Canada he opposes universal programs and cuts taxes for people making 200K a year
Read 7 tweets
May 26, 2018
So, uh...today's Toronto Sun cover? #ONpoli #OnElxn
I mean...jfc
Bears worth repeating that this photo exists, and that this is the company Doug Ford has been happy to keep.
Read 5 tweets
Jan 8, 2018
Neoliberalism is many things, but one of its most dynamic innovations is rationalizing and legitimizing unspeakable greed as mere "economics"
I've made the point before (and others have too) but consider how both min wages and welfare are often discussed and framed versus, say, tax cuts for the wealthy or sky-high executive compensation
The former are framed as obstacles or impediments to "the economy" which in turn is framed as a dispassionate and rational system; the latter as necessary to make it function "naturally"
Read 8 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(