RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Finance@beehaw.org · 2 years ago50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS Newswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-link50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS Newswww.cbsnews.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Finance@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareArtZuron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoConsidering lots of folks knew it wasn’t going to work even as he was pushing for it, it’s not a surprise. We’ve known this for decades
minus-squarethe_third@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt was never the point, that was just a carrot for their voters.
minus-squareArtZuron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYes exactly. It wasn’t ever actually meant to help most people. It was dressed up pretty-like to fool an entire generation of rubes who are blind to what it did to their children and grandchildren
Considering lots of folks knew it wasn’t going to work even as he was pushing for it, it’s not a surprise. We’ve known this for decades
It was never the point, that was just a carrot for their voters.
Yes exactly. It wasn’t ever actually meant to help most people. It was dressed up pretty-like to fool an entire generation of rubes who are blind to what it did to their children and grandchildren