The constant talk of taxation as an affliction and a burden has led biconceptuals to “switch” to viewing taxation as a burden rather than something that makes our private lives possible or that creates a base from which corporations prosper. While conservatives drive these frames home, progressives don’t realize that they have to drive their own frames home—and only later realize that the conversation has completely changed. “Suddenly” not just conservatives are talking about the burden of taxes instead of the value of public services, but so are the media, so are moderates, and, eventually,
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