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Reagan explained it all to everyone more than 40 years ago. Let the rich get even richer, more breadcrumbs fall from their tables, which means more for everyone
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
Reagan explained it all to everyone more than 40 years ago. Let the rich get even richer, more breadcrumbs fall from their tables, which means more for everyone.
I mean, how are you even going to have a job if the billionaires are all out business?
The problem was that the Laffer curve had a vague ring of truth to it (enabled by the lack of any labels on the axes), and millions of Americans have bought into the bullshit it has implied for decades now.
"If they do better, we do better". It sounds so simple, so lovely, so true. But it's a lie.