Yes a tax she proposed got Amazon to stop expanding in Seattle.
You say that as if Amazon continuing to expand in Seattle is A. Necessarily a good thing and B. the most important thing.
A. It is
B. It is important
75% of republicans live in an evidence-free world. So do 40% of democrats.
Because bigger multinational corporations are the meaning of life .
She also supports Nationalizing Banks
And thats somehow "evidence free" because why?
Because it's objectively bad economic policy that makes everybody worse off.
Says the literal neoliberal.
Pretending that neoliberal is a slur doesn't make it wrong.
Could it be that the facts are the facts but they still don't matter because we have no interest in the benefits of committing to fact-based policy but want to pursue different objectives instead?
I could buy the argument in that there is no "war on facts", certain people hold some subjective things with more value than what could be considered by the students of the subjects the objective good.
How much is 100000 coal workers' livelihood worth against a 6 foot rise in sea level and say a 200% increase in weather-based losses and say a 10% increase in crop yields?
How much is an endangered animal worth compared to hundreds of millions of dollars in timber revenue?
What is even having fewer abortions through liberal measures compared to a new wave of mass incarceration and no fewer abortions but the sentiment of having your identity enshrined by the powers that be?
I imagine "I just don't care" is a more common and honest explanation of why you oppose good government or support bad government instead of "fake news". Sure, it's more callous but it also shifts the conversation to the real issues.