Last Post: 7:45:16pm, 03/24/2024
At best it was a gross misunderstanding of human behavior. When people who have indicated an ability to earn and maintain extreme wealth get more of it they protect it, they don't throw it all over the place because suddenly they have more than they need. They always had more than they needed. There is some amount of investment, but think about how small the group of non rich people that investment impacts is versus nation wide tax funded programs.
At worst it was an outright scam. The richest people hired the most influential lobbiests to all but live in congress and shower conservative politicians with donations under the agreement "you'll stay in power indefinitely if you cut my taxes." A political taking point was agreed upon and to this day, despite all the evidence showing it not only doesn't work but hurts the middle and lower class, we still have to hear about it and how liberals are socialist pirates because they dare not support it.
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