The problem is not supply side economics— it’s amibtious politicians who then take the extra revenues and spend it foolishly.
If you're in a hurry, here it is:
We should find that point on the Laffer Curve which generates the highest tax revenue and then cut taxes further by several magnitudes.
Sound advice.
Tax cuts do not always increase revenue. It depends on where you are on the Laffer curve.
Welcome to Free Republic.
The problem with supply-side economics at the moment is that it’s not being tried.
Here at FreeRepublic we have a supply of readers, to the tune of over 1MM page views per day.
At your blog, you have a demand for blog hits, to the tune of 17 cookies (which pay you a per hit fee) and 15 spyware thingys which obviously are another source of revenue for you, and an invasion of privacy for us.
If you want FReepers to read your stuff, you can just post it here, as an act of good faith. We do not support this site just to give you a soapbox, and we sure as hell don’t do it so that you can gunk up our computers and track our movements about the internet.
This is a community. Sometimes it is a feisty one, sometimes a calm and reasoned one. But one thing it is not, is a marketing tool for you.
I speak now for myself and a few other like-minded FReepers. Perhaps you would also like to read what the owner of this site has said on the subject?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552
Or perhaps you’d rather hear it from the Moderators?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2722423/posts
And in closing - just as a word of advice - arguing against Conservative economics, specifically Reaganomics/Supply Side Economics is not a good way to insure your longevity as a Freeper. I’ve seen n00bies get The ZOT for lots less.
Just sayin’
My comments were made in open forum. Please post any reply in the same manner.
In your private reply, you said I obviously didn’t read your column. You’re right.
I will not go offsite to give hits to a blogger who’s pimping his work on a site that I and my fellow FReepers are supporting specifically so that we have a clean and safe environment in which to read news and opinion.
You want to be read and understood? Post it here. You want to be perceived as a pimp? Keep doing what you’re doing now.
If you value your own integrity, you might want to check out what kind of adware/spyware is being foisted on your readers. I’m just one less on the hit (sucker) count.