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Blue Full Moon

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7. Someone should remind the republicans.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:01 AM

Apr 29

That Reagan created the service economy. One of the news sources yesterday I actually heard it mentioned. That while there is a trade deficit that the U.S has a extremely large services surplus. This is what the republicans had built on for the last 50 years. But no mention of Reagan and his service economy.

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Forty five years of Reaganomics. [View all] Duncanpup Apr 29 OP

... EYESORE 9001 Apr 29 #1

Reinstate the eealth tax! SheltieLover Apr 29 #2

What wealth tax? Fiendish Thingy Apr 29 #18

Well, what can we do? OldBaldy1701E Apr 29 #3

Take control of Congress & the WH & pass tax legislation, that's what we can do. CaptainTruth Apr 29 #4

Awesome. You let me know when you get to do this. OldBaldy1701E Apr 29 #6

OK, you can sit this one out if you want. I won't, I will fight until I draw my last breath. CaptainTruth Apr 29 #25

Hehe. OldBaldy1701E Apr 30 #30

Why does my gut churn blubunyip Apr 29 #16

The alternative picture is much messier, & I don't see any way it cannot involve bloodshed. CaptainTruth Apr 29 #26

"a chance it will work" blubunyip Apr 29 #28

"...but when you're up against liars, cheats, thieves, criminals--how do you ever really "win." ??" OldBaldy1701E May 2 #31

We have to give peaceful means a good fighting chance blubunyip May 2 #33

Who said anything about killing? OldBaldy1701E May 2 #34

Meeting violence with violence blubunyip May 3 #35

Numbers. OldBaldy1701E May 3 #36

Reagans "Create the Billionaire Class" tax cuts should have been rolled back (or attempted) by Clinton and each LiberalArkie Apr 29 #17

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E May 2 #32

I think this whole tariff thing is about ending the income tax. multigraincracker Apr 29 #5

100% Blue Full Moon Apr 29 #8

Someone should remind the republicans. Blue Full Moon Apr 29 #7

laugher curve poozwah Apr 29 #9

There's a rumor that Rand Paul has the votes to stop the tariffs. Blue Full Moon Apr 29 #10

So Rand has two-thirds majority support for his bill in both the House and Senate? Because if not... Ol Janx Spirit Apr 29 #21

The people in the top tax brackets moniss Apr 29 #11

And that trickle down... 2naSalit Apr 29 #12

Reagan was as much a crank as Trump, in my opinion. Midnight Writer Apr 29 #13

it's not just at the federal level. mopinko Apr 29 #14

Yet, Reagan had a Democratic House his entire presidency MichMan Apr 29 #15

Much of the so called "Reagan Revolution" was carried over into a later doc03 Apr 29 #20

IMO, Reaganomics (actually neoliberal economic theory) only had a 35 year reign Fiendish Thingy Apr 29 #19

Aristotle quote IronLionZion Apr 29 #22

"And the reason because the rich do not want to pay taxes." valleyrogue Apr 29 #23

Deregulation predates Reagan, but he took it further with his rhetoric, tax cuts and weakening of unions. TRHST82 Apr 29 #24

Weird how trickle down stays, no matter who was in office -- except BIDEN. Kid Berwyn Apr 29 #27

The rich get richer. It's how the jobs are created? czarjak Apr 30 #29