And there we go… I must not know anything about economics because you’ve been fed convenient models that justify the decision to cut taxes, and I’m not quoting them back to you

And FYI, I even added a side note about this - want to know some tax avoidance strategies that I like? R&D. Higher wages and benefits to compete over talent. Fancy offices and better equipment. Swag and giveaways to capture customer loyalty

This is why fuck “fuck economics”. I tell you it worked, we had a less inequal society, and you come back with “well, cutting this raised tax revenues”.

Of course it did - it let the wealthy open up a spigot from companies to their portfolios, and the government gets a portion.

It incentivized slashing corporate spending, but corporate spending is good - it’s money flowing back into the economy. Even if they keep it in a slush fund, at least that fund will offset loans needed to expand or weather a storm - loans that also funnel money upwards and essentially force companies to pay a tax to the rich to continue to exist

But please, keep dismissing everything I say as “they just don’t understand economics”. No, I understand it well enough to know that what I was being taught didn’t add up