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Op-ed: Dog whistles, deficits and the racist politics behind ‘pay as you go’ rules in Congress



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A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, February 26, 2021.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersIn the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement and the Great Society, opponents of the post-war welfare state found themselves in a novel position: federal social programs, which under the New Deal had largely been reserved for whites, had now been much more widely extended to Blacks by Great Society legislation.This provided a potent means of turning white public opinion against such social programs, by allowing opponents to play on the perception (however unfounded) that these programs primarily served Blacks. Yet thanks to the …

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