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zman492 asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 4 years ago

What flaws, if any, do you find in this perspective?

Bruce Bartlett was a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan. He "helped create the GOP tax myth." Now he says " Now he says "Trump is wrong: Tax cuts don’t equal growth."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything...

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Well, he called that scumbag what he did instead of what he was: a filthy, scumbag sewer rat. I refuse to even type that ignominious name. I call it Ronnie Raygun.

  • Hobbit
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    The tax cut myth has always been just that. It is a deliberate distortion of a valid economic point, namely that excessive and inappropriate taxes can inhibit growth. That is NOT the same thing as the GOP fantasy that tax cuts equate to growth, nor does it imply that "resulting growth will produce increased tax revenue in the long run" -- which is NOT what the actual economics says.

    The same thing applies to many other conservative economic fairy tales, including their fantasies that claim a minimum wage is bad, regulations hurt the economy, and worker's rights hurt businesses. The reality is that all are false assertions that have no foundation as general principles.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Here's a simple truth.... Reagan's economic policies were only partially instituted.... but it was enough to create the largest and longest peacetime economic boom in our history.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Reagan spent a ton. He cut taxes. Hello debt.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    The Washington Post? Never mind.

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