### gold’s Substack

gold

@artiegold

a kid from the westernmost point of long island

#### What will it take for the US to get off this tax regime?

You know, the one way ratchet that says “things are dicey, lower taxes … things are good, they could be better, lower taxes … oh can we do things for, you know, people? Nah, we’re broke!”…

I think we may know the answer.

Sadly, I think it will be the usual way. Something’s going to have to break. Really break.

This really upsets me. I don’t have _that_ kind of time.

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#### Pogroms, American Style

More will be needed. And environmental remediation. Fumigation. The whole bit.

“I know!! Let’s build a temporary arena on the South Lawn where we can watch people try to kill each other in a cage!”

This is what it’s come to. When we get past it — _if_ we get past it — everyone involved, everyone who enabled the many actions of this bunch, e…