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With a trillion dollar deficit, what could go wrong?

Easy, just cut the spending from the labor rights enforcement agencies. That should solve our workplace issues.

If we really want to go next level, maybe we can make sure that that tax cut goes primarily to CEOs, instead of workers, as well.

> maybe we can make sure that that tax cut goes primarily to CEOs

What does it mean for a tax cut to "go to" one group vs another?

Is this a serious question?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/17/upshot/tax-ca...

if we stop protecting people from mistreatment and racists hiring, what would get better? I don't understand your comment.

It was sarcasm. Lowering taxes is often touted by right wing leaning economic politicians as a way of boosting the economy and making it more competitive. But that 1) only works in certain types of economic landscapes 2) has a dubious track record, and 3) leaves out of the picture that often tax cuts often come at the expense of social programs (in its most extreme, right-wing form, see Starve the Beast)

Since, in America, the party that most strongly advocates tax cuts, tends to do so to the benefit of the rich, and at the expense of labor and labor-helping social and enforcement programs, I was trying to make a joke to point out how absurd an argument OP was making.

The track record is not dubious. Look at the countries that do it most, now look at what it's like to live there for an average person. The track record is objectively terrible. The politicians who say otherwise are receiving very poor advice (or are actively seeking poor advice) to the point where I suspect it might be active malice for personal gain.

Stop spending so much on military?

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