by Mountaineer Buc » Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:18 am
It seems my motives have been called into question. Well, I started it so here goes...
"Tax cuts boost the economy" has been a mantra of supply side economics for 40 years. I think its rubbish and I believe I have 40 years of evidence to support my claim. Just because the working class got a bigger standard deduction does not make it different this time around.
MJW's point on "Trump is evil" as a strategy may have been a critique of the national party, but I'm left thinking this is somewhat directed at me and I'm obliged to respond. Don't lump me in with those people. If you want to know who I do and do not support in congress, you can start with the people who do not accept corporate or PAC donations. We can discuss ideological differences you have with those guys, but I'm not going to defend the Pelosi's, Booker's, and Schumer's of the party on ideological grounds. I have as much in common with those people as I do with Ted Cruz.
As for Trump, that dickhead is going to get whatever he's got coming. I'm the guy that said "Wait for Mueller" and I'm doing that. As for beating him this fall and in 2020, it's going to take candidates who offer something better. Corey Booker is NOT one of those candidates.
Back on the economy. My whole point yesterday is this: As smashingly good as things are going right now, there are plenty of people not doing so great. And there is obviously more of them than many of you would like to believe. You should believe it because a sizable amount of them are conservatives. Surely, you don't think it was just young liberals who worked at Harley Davidson, Toys R Us, and Tesla. And I'm quite certain the majority of farmers getting ready for a harvest that will lose them money this year because of the President's stupid trade war are represented by the Republicans they voted for. These people, along with a whole lot more that I didn't mention just now are who I'm concerned about. Regular, hardworking people who are either just hanging on, or getting straight up screwed right now.
Moving forward, I think we are in a bubble. I don't know what sector of the economy will give out first, or when it will happen, but it WILL happen. The Dow is up 10,000 points since 2013, Inflation is up 14% since 2009, and wages have been flat for decades. Something has got to give. The Fed knows it and that's why they're hiking interest rates. Do I blame Donald Trump for this? No. Will he do something stupid to be the catalyst for a recession? Wouldn't surprise me at all. At the end of the day, the people who are not well served by all the good times going on now are the ones who are going to get crushed by this. That bothers me. And the fastest way to piss me off is to suggest that these people (regardless of who they voted for in the last election) are in the position they are in because of their own failings or otherwise have it coming. If that is your take on nearly half the country, we are not going to get along.
Finally, If I tell you I don't have time for you right now, it means that I literally don't have time for you right now. You are not the only person around here with children, you ****ing prick.
