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3. The general public is terrified of a con-con

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:15 PM

Yesterday

This pretty much boils down to the fact that people prefer the devil that they know. I would envision the right-wing fantasy of progressive taxation replaced with regressive taxation (bye-bye property taxes.)

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