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Jun 26, 2026"

"Key figures like Bruce Bartlett and David Stockman"both primary architects of the Reagan administration's economic policies"did ultimately conclude that original "pure" supply-side economics did not work as intended.

Specifically, they argued that tax cuts failed to generate enough revenue to pay for themselves.

The Core Flaws: Why the Architects Doubted the Theory (more)

- Trickle down voodoo economics was --------.

"The Empirical Evidence Rising Inequality:

A major study by economists at the London School of Economics evaluated 50 years of data across 18 industrialized nations and concluded that tax cuts for the wealthy consistently drive up income inequality without providing a meaningful boost to GDP or employment.

Stagnant Wages:

Critics point to the fact that while corporate profits and wealth at the top tiers have surged since the 1980s, real wages for the majority of workers have often failed to keep pace with the overall cost of living."

Fiscal Deficits:

Proponents originally claimed that tax cuts would pay for themselves by stimulating enough economic activity to balance budgets; however, supply-side tax policies historically result in significantly wider budget deficits.

Modern Consensus

Today, many economists and policy analysts argue that wealth generally remains concentrated in the hands of the top 1 percent rather than "trickling" down to the broader population.

The consensus leans increasingly toward demand-side or "middle-out" economics"the idea that broad-based middle-class prosperity drives sustainable growth."

DBT2

Laws are for chumps.

Kings make their own rulz.

Hilarious!

Trumpers calling out someone else's Fraud Schemes?

Their Cult Leader is the Scammer in Chief!

#55

the missing part of that post:

"Contested Causes: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attributes a significant portion of these removals to the removal of ineligible individuals and fraud reduction.

However, nonpartisan researchers and policy experts contend that tougher documentation requirements and understaffed state agencies are causing eligible households to fall through the cracks.

Impact on Families: Recent investigations indicate that a large share"nearly half"of those removed from the rolls in states reporting age demographics are children."

Among agnostics, atheists, and theists there are some liberals, progressives, conservatives, and rwingers in each group... and vice versa, I guess.

Some more than others, one supposes, but for every white nationalist Christian there are... well, here's some stats:

I was pretty shocked years ago when I discovered the Far Rwing Catholic faction in South FL with their own Pizza-financed University and Rush Limbaugh mouthpieces.

So weird.

Ah, Beverly Butthurt from previous Comments... jajaja!

People who can eat and feed their children can werk, people who can't don't.

This is like Abstract Algebra to rwingers.

MPGA!

ha.... and you wonder why so many people find you annoying.

Or perhaps inconsequential would be a better word.

"But most dismal of all was the way in which the president, whose war in Iran has pushed consumer prices to a three-year high and his approval rating to new lows, turned a national celebration " and potential moment of unity " into just another Trump campaign rally."

"Any lingering doubt that this was a Trump rally was banished when it ended with audience members rising to their feet to join him in proclaiming: "Make America great again," followed by the president breaking into his signature dance as the US Marine Band played the Village People's YMCA.

Only Donald Trump could make the nation's special birthday all about him. There is another party " with big fireworks " to come on the National Mall on 4 July. "Your favourite president will be speaking, so please show up," Trump implored, sounding like Jeb Bush begging:

"Please clap." Sounding, in fact, like a lame duck."

excerpts, much more at the link

#16

You know, typing a post when you have nada to say isn't mandatory.

That one sounded like a 5 year girl talking back to her mom.

Obligatory:

Little Big Man - "You Go Down There"

But.... perhaps he doesn't understand how a Two Party system werks; his only real experience having been in a One Party system that he can't wait to rejoin.

You know, in one of the most Corrupt Countries in the world, on a par with Russia and NK.

Carville doesn't suck up to Trump on a daily basis just because a lot of libs, progressives, and Dems don't totally agree with him.

You are possibly the most pathetic poster ever to have posted here.

He can't wait to turn over his DNA to Chinese Security Forces... and still doesn't grok the difference between socialism and democratic socialism.

What he really can't wait for is the 24/7 video security there... mostly of him pissing himself.

Better there than here on these pages.

He and DJT and everyone supporting them have the blood of hundreds of thousands of children in Africa on their hands.

Not to mention all the pain and sorrow and misery and deaths they've caused in this country.

- dumb as dirt.

"No Academic Honors:

Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics. The official commencement program shows his name was not included on the Dean's List or among students graduating with honors (such as cum laude).

Contradicted Claims:

While Trump has frequently claimed in the past to have graduated "first in his class", Wharton bases its honors on GPA, meaning his graduating grade point average fell below the required threshold for honors.

Record Suppression:

Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified to Congress that he sent letters at Trump's direction threatening his schools (including Fordham University and UPenn) and the College Board with legal action if his academic records were ever released."

"Hegseth has fired or pushed aside more than 20 top officers across the armed forces, including the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General C.Q. Brown, who is black, and Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to serve as head of naval operations.

He's also reportedly stopped dozens of promotions across the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy.

Donahue "had more to give to the Army," Arnold said. "He's been removed early."

Observers, former officials and current U.S. lawmakers have also raised concerns over the dismissal of the top U.S. military lawyers, fearing U.S. soldiers could end up making legally dubious or illegal decisions in operations.

Hegseth has called military lawyers "roadblocks" and vowed to "untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country."

They got bombed is what they got... and scammed.

"SAVE Trump Act", more like.

If he can't rig the election, he's going to be ------- Orange Duck.

Corporations paying a Living Wage is SO pre-Reagan.

Now, not only do Corporations get away with that, they also write their own Tax Laws, Workplace Laws, Environmental Laws... and the Laws that take money from the Workers they aren't paying enough to survive.

Good Times to be a Corporation.