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Their wordsEven if a politician like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez captures the White House, Congress may be reluctant to raise the trillions needed to finance the DSA program of massive new public housing, more mass transit and a 32-hour working week with no reductions in pay. This would not merely be a repeat of Europe's bloated welfare states but would eat up virtually the whole of the United States's GDP.
Their wordsUnless paid for by Washington, it is clear that urban socialists will not be able to afford the promises made to their core constituencies - poor recent immigrants and the mass of underpaid, overeducated professionals.
Their wordsWhoever wins in the LA mayor's race - incumbent Bass or challenger Raman - their shared perspective assures the city's decline will remain inexorable.
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