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Sunday, June 21, 2020
The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money' — Raúl Carrillo & Jesse Myerson
“There is no such thing as public money, only taxpayer money.” — Margaret Thatcher, 1983
A myth a day helps keep Matt away.
ReplyDeletelol.. wanna bet $1 it doesn’t work?
ReplyDeleteAll the Art Degree losers must have called each other last night and all agreed to use the “myth!” word...
ReplyDeleteMoney wouldn't be money if it were private...?
ReplyDeleteI guess she meant public sector funds.
ReplyDeleteIf like these people you keep using figures of speech then you have to guess...
ReplyDeleteFigure of speech are trade off with specificity...
Thatcher eg couldn’t have said in non figurative language “there is no such thing as a GBP...”
The liberal art educated people are always using figurative language in advocating for their Theories...