Only low IQ people are unaware of the Laffer Curve and its implications.
Posted on 01/14/2025 12:37:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The biggest threat to your health isn’t your inability to afford an inhaler or to get that weird mole checked, the GOP argues. It’s everything else about American society, from nutrition to neurotoxins.
Unfortunately, the party’s agenda would make those other societal problems worse, too.
Republicans desperately want to cut taxes this year, which will be expensive. So, they’re plotting to pay for the revenue loss (at least partly) by slashing the safety net. Among the biggest programs on the chopping block: Medicaid and Obamacare marketplace subsidies, which help low- to middle-income Americans purchase private-market insurance.
Of course, the last time Republican lawmakers tried to reduce health coverage, it didn’t go well. Their 2017 Obamacare repeal efforts failed spectacularly, leading to a drubbing in the subsequent midterm elections. But the party is more prepared this time. The GOP has begun a preemptive PR campaign, with the message: Actual medical care is kinda superfluous. Or at best, it’s insignificant.
For instance, health and human services secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to “Make America Healthy Again.” How? Not by helping more people get health coverage so they can see doctors. That’s not in Donald Trump’s agenda. Rather, Kennedy plans to undermine trust in childhood vaccines (or perhaps revoke their approvals); fire medical researchers and drug regulators; and encourage Americans to consume “healthier” foods (such as raw milk, bird flu be damned).
Republicans in Congress echo the message. In a Fox News interview on Sunday, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) explained that nonmedical issues are driving the country’s high rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes or liver problems.
“Look, about 70 percent of your health outcomes are determined by you. It’s determined by what you eat and what you’re surrounded by,” said Marshall,...
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Only low IQ people are unaware of the Laffer Curve and its implications.
And no one has lowered taxes enough to reach the maximum.
It drives me crazy.
Cathy, Cathy, Cathy, you ignorant S-word....
Correct. I believe Art said it was around 17%.
Flat taxes also vastly improve tax compliance. Hong Kong has 95% tax compliance with its 15% flat tax.
A flat tax makes it easier to comply with tax law.
Could it possibly be the billions of tons of toxic air pollution the ultar-WOKE DEI Dems released in LA County the past ten days?
WTH is she talking about? How can MY expenses (which include taxes) going down be "expensive"?
Her ridiculous progressive definition of "expensive" is the government not being able to rob tax-paying citizens of their hard-earned money.
I was raised drinking raw milk. Overnight, the cream would rise to the top.
It took several years to quit shaking the milk bottle as I removed it from
the refrigerator.
I grew up with milk from my uncle’s farm.
Even now, I still shake the milk jug.
“Only low IQ people are unaware of the Laffer Curve and its implications.”
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Yup, main cause of deficits is by overspending, not under-taxing.
Because it’s so healthy for society and its economy for its government to pay for everything, even when the money doesn’t exist.
Expensive? Expensive is spending ever more billions on stuff the FedGov has ZERO Art 1 Sec 8 job duty to be engaging in.
We did not get $40T in debt, and another $100T in unfunded liabilities, because the FedGov was providing mail service or the military...
Same. Even if there are only 4-5 oz left in the jug, I still shake it. Silly habit.
Yes
Apparently making your own butter has now become popular. Think of all that great cream you could have used for butter!
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