Trump's tax cut economics a worthless exercise, GOP Congressman admits

Same old story. Just wait, they’ll pay for themselves!

Just wait!

And wait………………and wait…………………and wait………………

But they never do.

What word game? Republicans said the results from the cuts would be immediate. A decade is not that.

If you want to dispute the claim feel free to do so. The OP should not be a simple cut and past of a title of an article.

When the dems win in 2020 they should not only get rid of trumps tax cuts but for anyone making 1m a year raise taxes to cover the revenue shortfall same with corporate taxes. Also a 25% cut in the defense budget

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My argument is that you simply made up your thread title. Brady never said anything resembling what you say he did.

In actuality his comments were nuanced and measured. Your OP is simply a regurgitation of well worn LW talking points, having nothing at all to do with Brady’s actual comments.

Anyone can see for themselves that Brady never admitted “Trump’s tax cut economics a worthless exercise” . Its right there in the WAPO article. Nowhere do you see that admission from Brady.

LOL. He said the tax cuts would not stop the deficit – the initial Republican intention which now makes them – DING! DING! - a worthless exercise. Another important point from the article.

Spending is up $255 billion for the first eight months of the fiscal year, the CBO said, while revenues are up only $49 billion. Corporate tax receipts are down after Republicans enacted the largest reduction in business taxes in U.S. history. Individual income taxes are basically flat this year (they are growing less than the rate of inflation). Most of the revenue increase is coming from President Trump’s tariffs and more payroll taxes, which were not cut in the tax bill.
“Revenue fell, it didn’t rise, after the tax cuts,” said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

It was all a sham. The numbers prove it.

Low info posts. I avoid them. They will avoid talking about the tax cuts in question but instead will win the debate on whether or not the OP was a fair representation of someone’s comments about the cuts. Low-info.

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Low INFO? More like tabloid posting with headlines that do not reflect the content.

:roll_of_toilet_paper:

Yes low info. Talk about the headline or the tax cut. You could even talk about the headline and talk about the tax cuts,. Low infos focus on the headline because they have to wait 10 years apparently to talk about the tax cuts.

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No interest. There have already been countless debates touting the merits of supply side economic theory vs. Keynesion economic theory. It has been beat to death.

In that regard, the OP and thread title seemed to imply that Supply sider Brady was abandoning his Supply Side beliefs in favor of Keynesian economics. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just felt the need to set the record straight. Beyond that I have no interest in revisiting the Supply Side vs. Keynesian debate.

The tax cuts aren’t worthless to me.

I got to keep my doctor :man_shrugging:t5:

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Lol at people who could afford an extra bag of dog food with their “tax cut” bragging about it.

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You are not describing reality. The cut led to some nominal bonuses but the promised increases in wages and investment never happened. Corporate taxes dropped and there has been a massive wave of stock buybacks, which benefitted institutional and wealthy investors.

The federal deficit has soared during a boom; which will greatly worsen the next recession.

None of this had anything to do with the Mueller probe.

The Republicans passed a cut to benefit their big contributors while lying about benefits for you and me.

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Good for you. Are you still paying for PAP smears?

I said ‘in part’ (!) It increased the wages in certain branches, not everywhere

surely it hadnt, but because of that permanent noise and hysteria around Russia, the public didnt perceive the promised second round of tax cuts

Sure…my wife likes to be healthy

For you.

What branches have wages gone up in. Let’s see data, not assertions. CEO pay is up.

What second round of tax cuts — some promise like Trump’s healthcare plan or the Infrastructure plan. Those are Trump’s failures — no reason at all to blame Mueller.

Maybe if Trumpism governed instead of golfing and tweeting, but that’s to much to ask.

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