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E Mail on MMT on TYT 2018-02-04

From:  [fflorescpa@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 4:04 PM To: Ryan Grim <ryan.grim@xxxxxxxx.com> Subject: "MMT on TYT" Hello Ryan:   I hope you don’t mind me reaching out to you. I’ve been a fan of yours since Huffpost days and I am a long-time member of TYT (mid 2000s). I listen and watch a lot of TYT and see economic discussion and analysis that is well-intentioned but short on ultimate solutions -  Cenk, Ana, and others  expressing frustration about insufficient jobs as a result of trade deficits, robots, and bad policies.  Even Bernie Sanders’ rhetoric leaves large gaps in that he has not followed stringently to his economic advisers’ counsel (Stephanie Kelton, Jamie Galbriath, Gerald Friedman).  This is unfortunate as it leaves the question: “What do we do?” and “How are we going to pay for it?” hanging;  and the “Taxing the Rich” meme is a loser.  (The rich fight back and often win.) Then I saw y...