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Ronald Reagan tried the UK’s economic plan. It didn’t work
CNN ^ | 09/27/2022 | Nicole Goodkind

Posted on 09/30/2022 9:56:17 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The British pound hit a record low against the dollar on Monday after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, a fan of “trickle-down economics,” announced a sweeping spending and tax cut plan to rescue the British economy from recession on Friday.

What’s happening: Investors were taken aback by the new government’s choice to institute its largest tax cut in 50 years while boosting government spending and borrowing with inflation near 40-year highs. Citibank analysts called the decision a “huge, unfunded gamble for the UK economy.” Markets dropped precipitously on the news.

But Truss took a cue from former US President Ronald Reagan as she defended her actions. The government is “incentivizing businesses to invest, and we’re also helping ordinary people with their taxes,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper last week, referencing Reagan’s trickle-down ideals.

So is she right? Let’s dust off our history books and see.

Interesting parallels: When Reagan arrived in Washington in 1981, inflation rates were nearly 10% and tight monetary policy had taken interest rates to over 19%. But much like Truss, Reagan argued that massive tax cuts and deregulation would stimulate productivity and he championed a sweeping tax cut that was passed by Congress that year.

Truss’ government points to that as proof that lowering taxes doesn’t necessarily drive up prices. Inflation fell and growth surged under Reagan, it says.

But the policy came at a price. According to US Treasury estimates, Reagan’s tax cuts reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the first couple of years. Meanwhile, unemployment kept rising.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; cnnfakenews; economic; economicplanreaganuk; fakenews; nicolegoodkind; packoflies; plan; reagan; uks
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This author is a ditz
1 posted on 09/30/2022 9:56:17 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why was he re-elected by a wide margin?


2 posted on 09/30/2022 9:57:48 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well he’s the first president to ever tax Social Security. As if the checks aren’t small enough. I suppose I’ll find out in 15 years how embarrassing low the checks are. That was a tax hike if you ask me.


3 posted on 09/30/2022 10:00:59 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I would think the opposite, that Truss (2022) is ripping-off from Reagan (1981) but we are talking CNN here.....

Whether Truss’ plan is successful or not remains to be seen.


4 posted on 09/30/2022 10:01:08 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The question to ask this author is why had revenues doubled by the time he left office and inflation dropped.


5 posted on 09/30/2022 10:02:43 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: napscoordinator

I think that was Clinton. He made a big cut into it, after all those years of charging that Republicans wanted to take away sosh security.....


6 posted on 09/30/2022 10:04:09 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Complete and total leftist bs.


7 posted on 09/30/2022 10:05:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

> This author is a ditz <

The author is a propagandist. Here she slams Truss for her “unfunded” tax cuts. But I’ll bet you a British pound she was silent when Biden pushed his many unfunded programs.


8 posted on 09/30/2022 10:05:13 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: alternatives?
This article isn't about how cool life was for us Americans during Reagan, but whether or not his polices helped or harmed government revenue. Hmmm.... let's see...

Here's government revenue in the BR era (Before Reagan):
FY 1977 $356 billion
FY 1978 $399 billion
FY 1979 $463 billion
FY 1980 $517 billion

Here's the wonderful DR era (During Reagan):
FY 1981 $599 billion
FY 1982 $618 billion
FY 1983 $601 billion
FY 1984 $666 billion
FY 1985 $734 billion
FY 1986 $769 billion
FY 1987 $854 billion
FY 1988 $909 billion

Conclusion: Government revenue increased bigly under Reagan even while Reagan was mostly getting government out of our way.

Source: https://www.thebalancemoney.com/current-u-s-federal-government-tax-revenue-3305762

9 posted on 09/30/2022 10:05:33 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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No; it’s taxed on those that are/were still working. And most likely that was a compromise with the Democratic congress of that time.


10 posted on 09/30/2022 10:06:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reagan didn’t get the spending cuts he wanted hence the 9% deficent. Reagan had another priority and that was defense spending to defeat the Soviet Union,which was a success.

Liberal lying again.


11 posted on 09/30/2022 10:07:31 AM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lying about what really happened under Reaganomics has become an Olympic sport for liberals.


12 posted on 09/30/2022 10:07:42 AM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reagan’s tax cuts reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the ***first couple of years.*** being the operative part here and then it took off...


13 posted on 09/30/2022 10:08:22 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: cranked

Note how CNN is once again rewriting history. And for once, you and I agree on something! Lol…


14 posted on 09/30/2022 10:13:11 AM PDT by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Actually running high deficits while cutting taxes doesn’t work - even we had to raise taxes to cover the deficit in the Bush and Clinton administrations. Happy to see the markets react rationally and preliminarily punish the fools in the Truss government.

Cutting taxes without controlling or cutting spending is a recipe for government by credit card - the only thing worse than tax and spend is spend and borrow.

15 posted on 09/30/2022 10:17:32 AM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Tell It Right

Yes revenues increased but we didn’t reign in spending. There are two parts of the equation and Reagan and Tip failed us on that.


16 posted on 09/30/2022 10:18:54 AM PDT by Clemenza
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Retconning the past. It took a while to overcome the Carter malaise, but when Reaganomics took off it powered the economy through about 2007 when the government forced lenders to underwrite loans for people who couldn't afford them, and then used taxpayer money to bail out banks “too big to fail.”
17 posted on 09/30/2022 10:19:02 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m with her on the tax cut part but not coupling it with Keynesian government spending part. Just cut taxes like Reagan did and let consumer spending of the tax savings, not government spending, create gdp growth and economic activity


18 posted on 09/30/2022 10:22:12 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Clemenza
"Yes revenues increased but we didn’t reign in spending."

On that we're very much in agreement. The same with the Bushes and Trump (even if you look only at Trump's pre-covid spending).

In my lifetime the only Republicans to cut back on spending where the Contract with American Congressmen in the mid-1990's.

19 posted on 09/30/2022 10:30:28 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

congress should always get blamed for spending, not presidents ...


20 posted on 09/30/2022 10:35:49 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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