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Originally posted by Not Bob
You win. I say we simply turn control of the country over to the rich, since what's good for the country is what's good for Blackstone Capital, and vice versa.
And I'm also now in agreement with that right wing historian who points out that FDR really fucked things up with the New Deal, and that a little bit of laissez faire would have fixed the economy in 1933 rather than, as she proves, making the Depression worse and longer by foolish government interventions.
Point is, economic policy is inherently political. Naturally, like most people, you just prefer the policy that benefits you.
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No its not. And the current administration is not helping me. It saves me a few grand a year, but as you well know, a few thousand bucks isn't anything.
And I'd have no problem giving up every deduction I abuse right now in favor of a flat tax because that, I think, is the right thing to do, and would help our economy.
This is a matter of simple economic reality being unchangeable. You're thinking like a 70s liberal. There is no political cure. The global marketplace is unforgiving, and no daddy state can fight it for those of us savaged by it. Until the cost of labor abroad meets its domestic cost domestic laborers are fucked. We can do what we can for them with social safety nets, but tariffs are regressive and do much more damage than help.
