shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > >> Yeah right, trickle down really worked didn't it? >> > > > > Yes, it did! > No, it didn't. The rich took their wealth elsewhere. We don't need no stinking aristocracy or oligarchs!
> > > >> We all got pee'd on. >> >> The economy actually thrived under higher taxes on the rich. >> > > > > > Actually, it thrived more when Bush lowered taxes on the rich...AND we got > MORE tax revenue from the rich as a result. I posted the link to the > evidence for this the other day...didn't you read it? > Yes there is lots of right wing bullshit out there. The Clinton administration had higher taxes on the rich and we got a boom in tech because companies could get tax breaks for R&D investment. > Please do...and then stop forthwith spouting your nonsense. > I've heard the screed over and over. It is all one-dimensional. > > > > >> They are >> not monarchs. Higher taxes are used to discourage them accumulating >> wealth. Let's not be dependent on the wealthy. Spread the wealth >> around instead. >> > > > > > Your recipe is a recipe for HURTING the poor. The truth is, you don't give a > rat's ass for them. > The rich would rather see the poor dead.
