Once Donald Trump signed the tax reform package laid on his desk on Dec 21, 2017, about twenty huge (or as The Donald would say, 'yuge') corporations announced bonuses, raises and employee benefits effective immediately. These companies include Boeing, Comcast, Wells Fargo, 5/3rd Bank among others. Behavior that was completely opposite the bogus claims of Chuck, Nancy, Pochahontas and Crazy Bernie. They couldn't have been more wrong.
Their underlying assumption for thinking this way is that when Americans are allowed to keep more of their money, rather than give it to the government via confiscatory taxation, these greedy Americans will just sit on the money, and keep it in bags lining their hallways, much like Scrooge McDuck (see photo). Rather than reinvesting into their businesses, they would simply do swan dives into the deep piles of money, and wallow around in the gobs of cash, making 'money angels' by waving their arms and feet in the piles of dough.
This is how Democrats view American capitalists; greedy pigs that simply want as much money as possible and to hell with everybody else, let them eat cake. This is demonstrably not true. Although there are a certain percentage of corporations that will use the additional funds that they don't send in to Uncle Sugar to buy back stock, or issue dividends to share holders, or yes, line the hallways of their mansions with bags of money like Scrooge McDuck. There are some of those types out there, nobody can deny that.
But the majority of Americans who work hard will take this additional money they find in their pockets at the end of the tax year and use it to expand their businesses, hire people, buy plants and equipment.
The Scrooge McDucks of this country, while out there, are a tiny minority of businesses, and not the majority as Chuck and Nancy claim. The cut from 35% to 21% in the corporate rate will generate an enormous amount of economic activity, not just go into money bags lining the mansion hallways of the fat cats.
This is a primary difference between the conservative view of Americans and the pessimistic liberal view. I prefer to think of my fellow capitalists as entrepreneurs, and not as Scrooge McDucks.
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Most of those folks know better, for they've made millions investing in businesses (often by insider trading). However, they're never above speaking as they do to get the votes of the jealous souls among the have-nots.
Gorges: I don't know how often these liberals use inside info to enrich themselves. It's obviously a felony to do so, and involves heavy prison time. I suspect it's not as often as you might believe.
But using the jealousy of the 'have-nots' is a vote getter every time it's tried. Class warfare, it's human nature to wish those who have more than the rest of us to be brought down a peg or two.
Democrats hate this because a good economy reduces those on the dole and increases taxpayers, a democrat's worst nightmare. Armageddon for democrat party maybe.
At this point, who doesn't understand that we pay the tax of the corporations when we buy their product or service.
Kid: liberals have a basic lack of understanding of simple economics, and that's always been the case.
What they call 'trickle-down economics', conservatives and people with basic common sense call it free market capitalism.
George H.W. Bush called it 'voo-doo economics.' Remember that? He and all of his progeny still don't get it. These guys (including the Bush clan) think that government needs to protect people from the bad guys (called 'capitalists') who want to steal all their money, and accordingly they think the government knows best how to dole out all the goodies, not the people (we're all dumber than dirt, you see).
"I don't know how often these liberals use inside info to enrich themselves. It's obviously a felony to do so, and involves heavy prison time. I suspect it's not as often as you might believe."
From what I've read, Congress is exempt from insider trading laws. Supposedly, that came about because they would be unable to do any investing at all due to their normal access to info. However, this is how they get rich, over and above the typical shenanigans like the Feinsteins engage in.
I think it should be enforced for them. Might keep them from staying too long, like more than one term.
Will: you have a point. I may not be the only one who often wonders how these public servants get so wealthy based on their salaries alone.
Well said, Fredd. And...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Very well said, thanks for it.
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