ConnorEl
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Shocking.
Trickle up policies actually make a lot more sense, pretty sure.
good share - the importance of desire and fantasy remain underappreciated even in academic circles, imo
The notion that giving massive tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy is a good idea because they'll spend the extra cash on expanding their facilities and hiring more workers and giving them raises has got to be one of the greatest and most successful long-running cons in American history. Conservatives have been successfully spreading this gospel since at least the 1920s, and it never works. The evidence is overwhelming that they just spend the extra money on themselves or their families, or in giving pay raises to corporate executives. But there are vast numbers of Americans - and not all of them wealthy by any means - who are absolutely convinced that it works, evidence be damned.
Henry Ford went the other way when he opened the assembly line factory to mass produce model A Fords. He raised the workers' pay so they could afford to buy the cars they made.
Reagan might have had the best hair of any modern president.
Reagan might have had the best hair of any modern president.
The notion that giving massive tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy is a good idea because they'll spend the extra cash on expanding their facilities and hiring more workers and giving them raises has got to be one of the greatest and most successful long-running cons in American history. Conservatives have been successfully spreading this gospel since at least the 1920s, and it never works. The evidence is overwhelming that they just spend the extra money on themselves or their families, or in giving pay raises to corporate executives. But there are vast numbers of Americans - and not all of them wealthy by any means - who are absolutely convinced that it works, evidence be damned.
It never made any sense to spend more just because you make more. You expand facilities and hire new employees only if you have to in order to keep up with the demand for what you are selling.
Sure. But most people don't read very closely or understand what's happened there. The first Twitter reply is someone praising the author of the book and the author of the book himself responds to give credit to the guy he's quoting.Sure. But everyone else is mentioned in the photo.