... that the current occupant of the Oval Office is completely incompetent and probably more than a little crazy, let's review some of his most outrageous recent statements.
To those I know who support Mr. Trump: this post is not out of keeping with the mission of 15104 - to advocate for workers. Trump is so far beyond caring about anyone's interests other than his own that any illustration of his lack of empathy can only be educative.
My brothers and sisters in the working class need to wake up, and see this man for who he really is.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
History Repeats Itself - Again
In 2015, I sometimes blogged for the USW. The title of one such post was Trickle-Down Goes Belly-Up.
Now as then, the phantasm of trickle-down economics is much-beloved by the Right. The Republican tax "plan" is a potent illustration.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) was asked recently how that proposed drastic cut in corporate taxes can result in wage increases and more and better jobs. He provided no answer, but his colleague, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), did.
This is a complete redesign of the code; we can simplify it so much that nine out of 10 Americans can file by using a postcard-style system, Brady said. Lowering the rates, protecting more of the first dollars you earned, making sure you have strong middle-class relief — but it’s more than that ... we propose to drive a newer tax car that can compete and win against any country in the world.
In other words, Brady asked Americans to submit to the chimera of trickle-down.
Don't do it. Contact your Representative; speak out against this most recent incarnation of a skewed theory.
Now as then, the phantasm of trickle-down economics is much-beloved by the Right. The Republican tax "plan" is a potent illustration.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) was asked recently how that proposed drastic cut in corporate taxes can result in wage increases and more and better jobs. He provided no answer, but his colleague, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), did.
This is a complete redesign of the code; we can simplify it so much that nine out of 10 Americans can file by using a postcard-style system, Brady said. Lowering the rates, protecting more of the first dollars you earned, making sure you have strong middle-class relief — but it’s more than that ... we propose to drive a newer tax car that can compete and win against any country in the world.
In other words, Brady asked Americans to submit to the chimera of trickle-down.
Don't do it. Contact your Representative; speak out against this most recent incarnation of a skewed theory.
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