politics

It's by design. But in a serious country, serious world, or amongst serious people, we would've been laughing at the "Laffer curve" the moment Laffer ejaculated it into the napkin he first wet dreamed it upon.

But instead because we're both as laughable as the curve itself and because the rich, industrial asshats in this country were foaming at the mouth for a thin, arguably objective, seemingly mathematical piece of horseshit to cover their "steal from the poor and give to the rich" policy preferences, reproductions of Arthur's ejaculate were disseminated like it was the fucking Mona Lisa.

It should never be said that conservatives are conservative in the normal, adjective sense of the word. For the last fifty years, they've been tearing at the fraying seams of society and have been using "trickle down economics" as their seam ripper, while simultaneously blaming anything and everything other than their objectively horrific policies for the havoc wreaked.

Lol. Put entertainment people in charge of the economy again. Has the public even seen how they cook the books in that industry?

There had to be a study?

https://theonion.com/reaganomics-finally-trickles-down-to-area-man-1819569412/

I'll never understand how this image wasn't ridiculed from the start. I mean if you are talking about "trickling down", wouldn't the bottom be the place where the thing that is trickling down collects?

Of course money trickles down, it trickles down from the poor to rich.

Indeed, Ronnie was and still is a big POS in my book. The USA should bring the tax brackets from the 1960's back.

Shit I didn’t need an economist to tell me that.

I have two words: Fuck Reagan.

It's almost like every word a conservative (and neoliberal) says is deception or manipulation.

This cannot be solved peacefully.

I am Jacks complete and utter disbelief. I lead him to depression, and he dies of malnutrition and liver failure.

XKCD: Todays 10000 is just as relevant for this topic as it is for mentos and diet pop.

we should not stop bringing this up until it isnt relevant anymore. Which isnt going to be in my life time, likely, so you people everywhere who are either just reaching a point in your life where this IS news to you, or you have people in your circles that havent got the message yet, this seems like a good report to reference.

It's not enough to know or believe a thing.

It's being able to get that info the heads of people who don't know or haven't accepted it yet, by hook or crook, that we must be diligent for and this article, helps us do that.

Don't be only be bitter and cynical, if you are, also be part of the needed majority of people who will champion the bed to take down this flawed policy. Even if you only carry the torch to pass on to those that come after us.

It's s fight with fighting. Spread the knowledge don't make people feel bad for not already knowing this or believing it. Maybe this is the straw that breaks the supply side camels back

Economists have written the same article for years.

This is like that Onion school shooting article that just changes the location except they count how many years it's been since Reagan

Because the plan all along is generational theft.

Shocked. I am shocked to the core.

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How about now?

Quells surprise

That just sounds like regular corruption ?

I remember Ross Perot talking about the lack of trickle-down back in the 90s, but he was old, had funny big ears, showed a lot of confusing charts and was a billionaire, so why listen to him.

I will never get why it is the most well off of us that they give the tax cuts too. I mean, other than bribery of course. Even if it did work, how long were they supposed to wait? "I know little Timmy needs braces, and you can't afford to feed them them, but just wait a little longer! Musk is almost done with dicking around with the election. I'm sure it'll trickle down then!"

Is this going to be like UBI studies, where the news pretends every one of hundreds of studies is the one that is breaking this news for the first time? My economics professor was taking the piss out of supply side economics over a decade ago.

Also: water is wet

Yeah, no shit. Something anyone remotely educated on the topic has known since the policies went into place. The problem isn't that the information wasn't there, it's that no one with enough power to benefit from it is willing to do anything about it.

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