Love to see everyone enjoying the afterglow of this amazing convention. Haven’t felt like this politically since 1980. I think morning is once again coming to America. Some thoughts on the Laffer Curve if anyone feels like a little analysis. I love the curve but I hate the terminology...
Laffer and Reagan brought us an unprecedented and historic 25 years of growth and prosperity until the Left finally shut it down.
Tax cuts are a must, but we need to flip the reasoning - we need to change the terminology and the paradigm in all of this. Have you noticed that terms and phrases used by the Right and the Left are those engineered by government and parroted by the Leftist MSM? Examples are “supply side” and “revenue”. They are terms and phrases defined and applied solely from the viewpoint of government, not the American individual. Same with judicial opinions since around the 1900’s. You never see a court’s decision anymore based on the interest of the individual citizen but the “public interest” which is nothing other than “government interest.”
So I hate acquiescing to terms like “supply side” and “revenue” in this context because they are terms solely from the viewpoint of government, not the individual. And yet the Constitution, the Law of the Land, and the Declaration of Independence, the values from which the Constitution was derived, is focused primarily on individual interest. America is about protecting the individual, his freedom and interests, NOT about government interest.
“Supply side” says cutting taxes is justifiable because it will actually increase government “supply” and government “revenue”. And although that is true, it is NOT the JUSTIFICATION for cutting taxes. Cutting taxes is justifiable because individuals have the right to their property which includes their earnings. The brain-damaged Leftist government actually think the wages you earn belong to the government. And you have the right to keep your wages only to the extent it can be shown that government somehow benefits. Hogwash. I couldn’t care less about stupid government’s supply. And as far as “revenue” goes, the only revenue that matters is OUR revenue - your revenue and my revenue, not government revenue.
We are smack dab in the center of Orwell’s prophetic “1984”. One of the things I hope this Trump Movement triggers is a focused change in terminology and thinking back to the interests of the individual and away from government self interest, political correctness, government greed, and government corruption.
Meant to copy you on post# 3620 if interested...
Excellent post, Jim.
Good evening. Nice post.
Just popped back to read your post, Jim.
You make some astute observations and points that need to be given their due attention.
When you talk about individual “wealth”, not government’s wealth, it reminds me of DJT, when he says we need to be rich again. He wants to improve the lives of individuals. I think that realization is what gives so many of us hope.