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Originally Posted by ShampooChicken
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You have to be pretty brainwashed to think that when the government cuts taxes they're "giving away" something. They are simply stealing a little less than they normally do. And how you think there's a causal link between that and inflation shows your calculus is only "republicans bad, democrats good" and from that axiom you work backwards to try to explain the situation. But your explanation lacks any coherence. You are simply a tribalist playing a team sport, and it's not interesting or insightful. There are plenty of things you could legitimately criticize republicans for, but you do not seem to care about what is true.
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Lol at this guy not understanding the benefits he is gaining (from the government) through the taxes we all pay (like roads, or police/fire protection, a judicial system, etc etc etc), while at the same time calling taxes "theft". Pretty selfish and ignorant IMO. Libertarians are just selfish people who dont understand anything about "the greater good". They want to reap all the rewards of taxpayer funded services but not pay for any of it themselves.
When you cut taxes, it has to come from somewhere. Thats either entitlements, the military, or government services, like roads and bridges. Guess which one of those is falling apart, literally? Gravydoo does have a point regarding the Trump admin tax cuts that were completely unpaid for. They tried to play the smoke and mirrors game with the public back then by saying they would be paid for with wildly optimistic growth projections which never came to be. Trump's treasury department head (Steve Mnuchin) claimed growth of 2.8% per year, but in actuality it was 0.8%. Those tax cuts increased the deficit by $1T over ten years, but no one in the GOP (or their supporters) seem to care?
The economy has a delayed reaction to policy. It doesnt instantaneously respond. The Trump tax cuts (which are in effect for 10 years) certainly needs to be a part of today's conversation on the economy. I find it comical when R voters pretend to be deficit hawks when a D is president (who is forced to raise taxes because of irresponsible R tax policy, unfunded wars, etc) but conveniently forget history. It just shows how tribal they are - its not about deficits, its about finding scapegoats and pinning blame for problems they created on their successor.
Thats not tribalism, thats just facts.