Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
5 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,422 Year: 3,679/9,624 Month: 550/974 Week: 163/276 Day: 3/34 Hour: 1/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Trickle Down Economics - Does It Work?
nwr
Member
Posts: 6409
From: Geneva, Illinois
Joined: 08-08-2005
Member Rating: 5.3


(1)
Message 31 of 404 (659192)
04-13-2012 10:30 AM
Reply to: Message 30 by Straggler
04-13-2012 9:12 AM


I am asking if cutting the taxes of the richest demonstrably improves the living standards and wealth of society as a whole.
I think the evidence is quite clear that it does.
That is to say, cutting the taxes of Wealthy Americans demonstrably improves the living standards of Chinese society as a whole.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

This message is a reply to:
 Message 30 by Straggler, posted 04-13-2012 9:12 AM Straggler has not replied

  
nwr
Member
Posts: 6409
From: Geneva, Illinois
Joined: 08-08-2005
Member Rating: 5.3


Message 53 of 404 (659267)
04-13-2012 11:24 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Percy
04-13-2012 10:06 PM


Do you have any specific tasks where government and private sector performance can be compared?
Back in my youth, down under, the political right used to point to the railroads as an example of what goes wrong when the government runs things. The political left used to point to the telephones to demonstrate the efficiency of government run things.
When I came to America for graduate study, I discovered that the railroads were privately run, and were even more of a mess here than they were back in Australia. And the privately run telephone system was similarly efficient, but far more expensive.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

This message is a reply to:
 Message 49 by Percy, posted 04-13-2012 10:06 PM Percy has seen this message but not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024