Spending and homelessness: We need to rebalance our priorities

Great communicators make powerful arguments in pithy, undeniable, one-liners.

Spending and homelessness: We need to rebalance our priorities

Great communicators make powerful arguments in pithy, undeniable, one-liners. American Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has one he has used for several years, but it has lost none of its punch. It transcends play-the-crowd politicians’ spoofing.

It reeks of the acid of truth: “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I will tell you what you value.” A political Exocet, it is concise, direct, and to the point. There is no wriggle room, no escape hatch. Maybe we should consider how we might score on the Biden metric.

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