MrRodgers
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what little I have heard says its deficit neutral if one considers the economic growth that comes as a result from it. Strange isn't it, the economic growth they always promise will come from cutting taxes on the rich never actually materializes in a manner that impacts anybody but the rich, eh? There is a TED speech on this by a billionaire, I forget who, said the tax cut attempts at economic growth never work and will never work simply because of the numbers. It increases untaxed wealth that then does not look for anymore or any different investments let alone riskier and of course, creates no jobs..... .....and doesn't result in any significant increase in their consumption because nobody takes a financial windfall and buys even dozens of cars or million$ in new clothes. This is supply side economics [sic] reprise that never ever produces the revenue to replace or 'fund' the tax cut. The whole debate centers around nothing but economic semantics such as something called dynamic scoring (not any of our scoring) which I guess this gets its name from the assumption of some resulting new 'dynamic' is created. Never happens. The US needs more dollar velocity (more dollars in and changing more hands) which is what sustains and creates more demand for the economy as a whole. That's what needed to create more demand and jobs. Even if the bottom 50% in income were to see billion$ more in their paychecks, so what. Every penny of all taxes cut would have to be spent on goods and services made and provided by labor in the US. Fat chance of that happening. MJ01 we are counting on you man to do your patriotic duty as should everybody, to spend it all, yes,...all of it dude and spend all of that cash as directed above or it will not...do shit for the US economy. (but not all in one place and no stocks or bonds) Paraphrasing: "Why cut taxes for the rich ? Cut taxes for the poor and the rich will have most of it in a day or two." I think it was Will Rogers.
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You can be a murderous tyrant and the world will remember you fondly but fuck one horse and you will be a horse fucker for all eternity. Catherine the Great Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. J K Galbraith
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