Re: [ANSI] Trump or Harris?
By: halian to Denn on Fri Aug 09 2024 05:22 pm
> False. Trump's tax cuts disproportionately negatively affected the lower &
> middle class, with the bottom 60 percent of households receiving an average
> tax cut of $500 in 2025 under them, compared to more than $60k for the top 1
> percent. His tax cuts, on top of Bush's from 2001 and 2003 (most of which
> were made permanent in 2012), have eroded the US' revenue base from 19.5% of
> GDP at the turn of the XXI c. to 16.3% in the years immediately following
> them.
I think a classical conservative would consider that effect a success. I'd rathe
r have the population administrate that 3.2% difference of the GDP than a govern
ment known not to represent the will of the people (and yes, there is some study
that shows the federal government is consistently bad at taking actions the pop
ulation wants, which is very bad when you consider the government is supposed to
represent the will of the people).
Also, if you live in the real world, trickle down is totally a thing. It is not
as beautiful as politicians paint it, but I can guarantee you it is much easier
to make a living selling stuff as a minorist when people with more money than yo
u have more disposable income.
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