It ain’t political…
It ain't political, it's structural: End the Fed, impose some external budget constraint. Until then, we uniparty right off the fiscal cliff. https://t.co/0VBEMsQdef
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) April 20, 2023
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