In conjunction, please read Nancy MacLean's "Democracy in Chains." The 1st full paragraph on p. 159 makes clear why Kelton's "The Deficit Myth" is the antidote to the lies of neoliberalism and the hellscape it has wrought!
Yup. Every American dying from Covid or living in a tent on the street is a policy choice. We choose to be arms dealer and nothing more. America is the MIC.