Why? Republicans push tax cuts—particularly tax cuts that favor wealthy people and large corporations. Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump all embraced this economic approach. It doesn’t work to stimulate the overall economy.
In fact, the U.S. has been victim to an epidemic of economic downturns under Republican presidents in the last four-plus decades.
The GOP’s approach has been to hand out tax cuts to really rich people in the hopes that their savings will “trickle down” to the rest of the economy. But studies
have clearly shown that trickle-down economics does not work.
But if Republicans admit this and concede that the Democratic approach of focusing on middle-class needs has worked (as the data shows), they would have to give up on doling out tax cuts and shrinking the government.
Two key pieces of economic data released in recent days are clear warning signs for the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump. First, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed on Wednesday that ...
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It finally looks like Republican voters are starting to get it, and by the looks of the townhall events, the great tax cut scams are in big trouble. Can't fool all of the people, all of the time.