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Old 01-20-2019, 06:28 PM
 
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When has cutting taxes for the mega rich and corporations ever worked for the economy???....... Never.

But the right-wing kept doing it and doing it again like someone with mental Tourette.

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The shutdown has exposed the disaster that is Trumponomics

Trumponomics is an abject failure because its premises are flawed. Cutting taxes on big corporations and the wealthy doesn’t stimulate investment. It only creates a bigger national debt that has to be paid off somehow, sometime.

And who’s going to have to pay it off, either in higher taxes or fewer government services? You guessed it. Average Americans, who are already being shafted by Trump’s policies.
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Old 01-20-2019, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Boston
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Dow up 700 last week, get in the game son.
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Old 01-20-2019, 11:27 PM
 
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When has cutting taxes for the mega rich and corporations ever worked for the economy???....... Never.

But the right-wing kept doing it and doing it again like someone with mental Tourette.



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Republican "trickle down" economics has never worked because it's demand that drives economies, not supply. General Motors can be sitting on a boatload of cash, but if folks aren't buying cars, then that's that.

The great majority of the recent tax cut went into the stock market -- stock buybacks, dividends, and so forth. Even it seems on the iffy side. Worst December since 1931. Seems to be a little better this month, but not astoundingly so.

Federal deficit has doubled. On track for a trillion dollars this year and next year as well.
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Old 01-21-2019, 12:42 AM
 
Location: Texas
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When has cutting taxes for the mega rich and corporations ever worked for the economy???....... Never.

But the right-wing kept doing it and doing it again like someone with mental Tourette.



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When Clinton lowered the investment tax.
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Old 01-21-2019, 12:48 AM
 
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When has cutting taxes for the mega rich and corporations ever worked for the economy???....... Never.

But the right-wing kept doing it and doing it again like someone with mental Tourette.



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The US had record tax revenue for 2018...As in the US collected the most taxes ever in US history.

The US does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
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Old 01-21-2019, 12:58 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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The US had record tax revenue for 2018...As in the US collected the most taxes ever in US history.

The US does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
Is that tax revenue inflation adjusted?
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Old 01-21-2019, 01:00 AM
 
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The US had record tax revenue for 2018...As in the US collected the most taxes ever in US history.

The US does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
Then get the Republicans to cut spending. They never do
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Old 01-21-2019, 01:02 AM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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Robert Reich, one of the most bigotted, biased, left-wing hacks as a source? Really? He's like the Michael Savage of the left.
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Old 01-21-2019, 02:41 AM
 
Location: California
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The shutdown just proves Dems will "resist" this country to death.
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Old 01-21-2019, 02:51 AM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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Republican "trickle down" economics has never worked because it's demand that drives economies, not supply. General Motors can be sitting on a boatload of cash, but if folks aren't buying cars, then that's that.

The great majority of the recent tax cut went into the stock market -- stock buybacks, dividends, and so forth. Even it seems on the iffy side. Worst December since 1931. Seems to be a little better this month, but not astoundingly so.

Federal deficit has doubled. On track for a trillion dollars this year and next year as well.

Wages are going up because there are more jobs that workers to fill them.

How does that not result in increased demand?

https://data.oecd.org/leadind/consum...-index-cci.htm

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