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14. Economics reminds me of religion: you can always find someone to tell you what you want to hear with

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Mon Mar 24, 2025, 04:35 PM

Mar 24

reasonable sounding explanations and footnotes from whichever text is relevant to the discussion. Rs will always argue back with some analysis that not cutting taxes would have tanked the economy and actually increased the debt. There is no winning an argument with the past or with fools. Even economists have a hard time overcoming the reality that things that stimulate the economy are inflationary because more people have more money to spend on a limited supply of goods, but somehow none of these tax cuts for big corporations or the wealthy have ever caused inflation that I am aware of. Republicans have always been happy to run up debt knowing that one day it would allow them to do exactly what they are doing right now....

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My response to Republicans: If W Bush and Trump had not pushed tax cuts, the Federal debt would be gone by now. [View all] Midnight Writer Mar 24 OP

They will always try to do that. There is no logic to what they do. Walleye Mar 24 #1

Think how morally bankrupt and generally miserable you have to be MadameButterfly Mar 24 #2

I know, rich people always want more money, but I think the motivating force behind Elon is sadism. Or revenge Walleye Mar 24 #3

I think he's confused and changing his mind MadameButterfly Mar 24 #5

I'm guessing the muskrat will do whatever he wants depending on his drug dosage, etc. erronis Mar 24 #8

Weirdly we need some debt. underpants Mar 24 #4

A weird strange problem which I wish we still had MadameButterfly Mar 24 #6

Thank you. This is like a Zombie Lie as Mr. Mustard 2023 Mar 24 #7

Krugman zombie lies: erronis Mar 24 #11

"satisfying the lust of the rich" is an impossible task. They are addicted. erronis Mar 24 #9

It is possible to satisfy need. markodochartaigh Mar 24 #12

Is "lust" need or greed? erronis Mar 24 #13

I think that lust, like greed, is an emotion. markodochartaigh Mar 24 #15

Co-Prez Musk wants us to pay for his Mars dream. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 24 #10

Economics reminds me of religion: you can always find someone to tell you what you want to hear with Ol Janx Spirit Mar 24 #14

Don't forget Saint Ronnie. n/t Chemical Bill Mar 24 #16