Could GOP plans spur the inflation the party pledges to end?

And it prevented deaths. trade-off. best course of action with available information.
It had many bad consequences. Just a few are:

High inflation for years to come

Severe hit on the education of our children

Working from home led to doom spirals in several large cities, which may never return to normal because, even with the pandemic being over, workers are refusing to go back to work
 
Wow, I tell you that you have a stunningly naive and and simplistic few of Economics and, as if on cue, you provide a stunningly naive and simplistic example. Where is the calculation of risk? What about price? Think your WACC might factor into your pricing model? What about variable costs? In which scenario are you more willing to scale production? Get some real numbers, factor in risk, run a Monte Carlo stimulation. Which scenario is going to result in a lower required IRR? Where is the higher hurdle rate?

Still looking? Or still running away?
 
Still looking? Or still running away?
On Aug. 10, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which created four new corporate tax brackets with increased rates for businesses with incomes over $335,000. Vice President Al Gore, in a statement hailing the bill’s passage, said this bill “means jobs, growth, tax fairness… It’s a message of hope to the small business owner and 96% of all small businesses who will get a tax cut under this plan.” The bill was attacked by United States Chamber of Commerce President Richard Lesher, who said that the corporate tax increases would “slow economic growth and fuel inflation” and that “foreign competitors would gain an economic advantage over American goods here and abroad" A group of 300 major corporations and trade associations known as the Tax Reform Action Coalition said it “strongly opposed Mr. Clinton’s move to increase the top rates for… corporate taxes.” From the passage of the bill until the end of Clinton’s term, the US economy gained more than 21.4 million jobs, the unemployment rate fell from 6.8% to 3.9%, industrial production rose by 5.6% per year, and the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 26.7% per year.



 
It had many bad consequences. Just a few are:

High inflation for years to come

Severe hit on the education of our children

Working from home led to doom spirals in several large cities, which may never return to normal because, even with the pandemic being over, workers are refusing to go back to work
So some workers never went back to work. That's a problem? How?
 
Given the vagueness of the Republican platform I am wondering if anyone has any idea of just what a Trump administration will actually do to combat inflation.
He doesn't know, and they don't know. All they can talk about is oil, and we've had MANY spikes in oil prices over the years that didn't ignite or exacerbate inflation. It's a little more fucking complicated than that, but he and they simply can't think more than half an inch deep. All they know is DRILL! CUT TAXES!

Putting capitalism in the hands of modern "conservatives" is like putting a loaded pistol in the hands of a toddler.


 
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So some workers never went back to work. That's a problem? How?
Ummmmmmmmmmm, big cities are going bankrupt because workers got so used to working from home they refuse to go back to the office, which has led to doom spirals in several major cities. So, yes, that has been a problem. I see you totally ignored high inflation and education problems with our children.
 
On Aug. 10, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which created four new corporate tax brackets with increased rates for businesses with incomes over $335,000. Vice President Al Gore, in a statement hailing the bill’s passage, said this bill “means jobs, growth, tax fairness… It’s a message of hope to the small business owner and 96% of all small businesses who will get a tax cut under this plan.” The bill was attacked by United States Chamber of Commerce President Richard Lesher, who said that the corporate tax increases would “slow economic growth and fuel inflation” and that “foreign competitors would gain an economic advantage over American goods here and abroad" A group of 300 major corporations and trade associations known as the Tax Reform Action Coalition said it “strongly opposed Mr. Clinton’s move to increase the top rates for… corporate taxes.” From the passage of the bill until the end of Clinton’s term, the US economy gained more than 21.4 million jobs, the unemployment rate fell from 6.8% to 3.9%, industrial production rose by 5.6% per year, and the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 26.7% per year.




Did Clinton's 1% increase of the top corporate rate cause the Internet bubble?

Has the G7 taken any action on corporate tax rates lately?
 
Did Clinton's 1% increase of the top corporate rate cause the Internet bubble?

Has the G7 taken any action on corporate tax rates lately?
The internet bubble was caused by the Y2K scam. Regarding the G7, Great Britain increased the corporate tax rate from 19% to 25% in April of 2023.


  • UK Business investment increased by 4.1% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2023, revised up from the provisional estimate of 3.4% growth.

  • UK business investment increased by 1.4% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023, revised slightly from our initial estimate of a 1.5% increase in the provisional estimate; the main contributor to business investment growth was an increase in buildings investment.
  • UK business investment increased by 0.5% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024, revised down from our initial estimate of a 0.9% increase in the provisional estimate.
And there, three consecutive quarters of increasing investment AFTER a corporate tax increase.
 
He doesn't know, and they don't know. All they can talk about is oil, and we've had MANY spikes in oil prices over the years that didn't ignite or exacerbate inflation. It's a little more fucking complicated than that, but he and they simply can't think more than half an inch deep. All they know is DRILL! CUT TAXES!

Putting capitalism in the hands of modern "conservatives" is like putting a loaded pistol in the hands of a toddler.


 
He doesn't know, and they don't know. All they can talk about is oil, and we've had MANY spikes in oil prices over the years that didn't ignite or exacerbate inflation. It's a little more fucking complicated than that, but he and they simply can't think more than half an inch deep. All they know is DRILL! CUT TAXES!

Putting capitalism in the hands of modern "conservatives" is like putting a loaded pistol in the hands of a toddler.


I am beginning to believe all these Trumptards are sucking off the government teat with their damn disability checks. They obviously are not in the real labor market. Inflation, inflation, inflation. Drill baby drill. Flippin morons.

Drill baby drill, we are drilling, last year, and again this year, we will produce more oil and natural gas that any anytime during the Trump circus. We became the number one exporter of natural gas under Biden. Under Trump, barely a wisp. We are the second largest exporter of crude oil, behind only Saudi Arabia.

But the real idiocy is inflation.


  • Real wages have risen since before the pandemic across the income distribution. In particular, middle-income and lower-income households have seen their real earnings rise especially fast. And in the past 12 months, real wages overall have grown faster than they did in the pre-pandemic expansion.
  • Household purchasing power has increased as a result. In 2023, the median American worker can afford the same goods and services as they did in 2019, plus an additional $1,000 to spend or save—because median earnings rose faster than prices.

I mean how stupid is it to bitch about inflation when, after the smoke clears, you are sitting there with an extra grand in your pocket? It makes no damn sense. And note, middle and lower income households have seen their wages rise especially fast. And I know, that is just the average. But, I also have a sample population, myself and five kids, one of them is disabled with MS and collects SSI. Trump verses today.

Myself--a 50% increase in income.​
Oldest, a daughter. From working a part-time gig and surviving on Social Security survival benefits to working a full-time job as a physical therapist and owning her own successful Yoga studio.​
Next oldest, a daughter, from tending bar to owning her own real estate firm. Probably doubled her income at least. Worked with a mentor for a couple of years and then took off.​
Oldest son, next in line behind the disabled daughter. He was a newly graduated engineer during the Trump administration. His wife was a RN working in a metropolitan emergency room. Now, she is a stay at home Mom and my son has more than replaced her income. Makes more now himself than the two of them did under Trump.​
Middle son, agoraphobic, lived with me while Trump was president, worked from home, was making $16 an hour. Drugged him up, got him into his new apartment, still hasn't went anywhere, works from that apartment, will knock down six figures this year.​
Youngest son, was working at Whole Foods, then Walmart under Trump. Making maybe $14 an hour and lucky to get 30 hours a week. Now, $22 an hour and consistently getting fifteen to twenty hours of overtime delivering for Fedex.​
I mean it really boils down to that same old question. Are you better off now than you were under Trump. And for the vast majority of Americans, well they are better off now.​
 
Did Clinton's 1% increase of the top corporate rate cause the Internet bubble?

Has the G7 taken any action on corporate tax rates lately?
I have given you credit for throwing out a decrease in housing cost if we deport all the illegals. But there has been no one to rebuttal the three policy proposals Trump has on the table that are inflationary. First and foremost, increasing tariffs. Americans pay the vast majority of those tariffs. It will inflate the cost of goods, rather they are produced abroad or they are produced here. Mass deportations. That will cut a huge hole in the labor market, especially in regards to food, which I happen to know a little bit about. Miraculously, wage growth has not resulting in a push on inflation. Got to give Biden credit for that. But mass deportations, well it is going to deliver a knockout blow to the labor market and a huge wage push on inflation, can you say Philip's curve? And finally, more corporate tax cuts. That will increase rent-seeking, there will not be off-setting spending cuts, more money will be printed, the deficit will expand, and that is even more inflation. Stupid is as stupid does.
 
What did the G7 do about minimum corporate tax rates?
15%, what the fuck is the point? I gave you an example of an increase in the corporate tax rate resulting in an increase in capital investment. Not once, not twice, but THREE DAMN TIMES. The lowest corporate tax rate in Europe is Hungary, how is that turning out? I mean Jesus dude, either tap out and find someone with a better grip on finance and economics or just STFU.

How is drastically increasing tariffs going to affect inflation?
How is a massive deportation of illegals going to affect inflation?
How is even more corporate and personal income tax cuts going to affect inflation?

Either answer those questions or quit wasting my time.
 
What did the G7 do about minimum corporate tax rates?
I will give you my plan. Corporate tax rate goes to 30%. We don't have a VAT, most of Europe does. Stock buybacks are banned, it is clearly market manipulation.,and banning them worked pretty damn well for decades. It was Reagan that eliminated that ban, albeit to screams of protest from me. And yeah, he heard it. The fights I had with his OMB director are legendary.
 
15%, what the fuck is the point? I gave you an example of an increase in the corporate tax rate resulting in an increase in capital investment. Not once, not twice, but THREE DAMN TIMES. The lowest corporate tax rate in Europe is Hungary, how is that turning out? I mean Jesus dude, either tap out and find someone with a better grip on finance and economics or just STFU.

How is drastically increasing tariffs going to affect inflation?
How is a massive deportation of illegals going to affect inflation?
How is even more corporate and personal income tax cuts going to affect inflation?

Either answer those questions or quit wasting my time.

15%, what the fuck is the point?

Wait, the G7 was worried about corporations moving to a low tax jurisdiction?

Don't they understand that corporations love higher rates and hate lower rates?
Why hasn't one of them put your idea into place and raised rates to 70%?
All the corporations will flood into their country because their WACC is lower.

Right?

I gave you an example of an increase in the corporate tax rate resulting in an increase in capital investment. Not once, not twice, but THREE DAMN TIMES.

They raised the rate from 19% to 25% in April 2023 and Q2 investment went up 4.1%, Q3 investment went up 1.4% and Q4 investment went up 0.5%?

Is the shrinking growth rate a sign of success or a sign of failure?
If it's a success, will they raise the corporate rate from 25% to 31% this year?

How is drastically increasing tariffs going to affect inflation?

It will decrease demand for Chinese goods and increase demand for domestic and non-Chinese goods. Is that inflationary? How much?

How is a massive deportation of illegals going to affect inflation?

It'll reduce home prices and rents. Less spending on criminal justice, ERs and ESL classes.

How is even more corporate and personal income tax cuts going to affect inflation?

Corporations will produce more here; workers will keep more of their paychecks.

Both should offset a portion of higher import prices.
 
I will give you my plan. Corporate tax rate goes to 30%. We don't have a VAT, most of Europe does. Stock buybacks are banned, it is clearly market manipulation.,and banning them worked pretty damn well for decades. It was Reagan that eliminated that ban, albeit to screams of protest from me. And yeah, he heard it. The fights I had with his OMB director are legendary.

Stock buybacks are banned, it is clearly market manipulation

Bullshit.
Unless a corporation issues before a bad report and buys back before a good one, it's not.

and banning them worked pretty damn well for decades.

Make dividends deductible for the corporation or tax free to the shareholder.

It was Reagan that eliminated that ban, albeit to screams of protest from me.

He was right, you were wrong.

The fights I had with his OMB director are legendary.

Is his OMB director in the room with you now?
 
15%, what the fuck is the point?

Wait, the G7 was worried about corporations moving to a low tax jurisdiction?

Don't they understand that corporations love higher rates and hate lower rates?
Why hasn't one of them put your idea into place and raised rates to 70%?
All the corporations will flood into their country because their WACC is lower.

Right?

I gave you an example of an increase in the corporate tax rate resulting in an increase in capital investment. Not once, not twice, but THREE DAMN TIMES.

They raised the rate from 19% to 25% in April 2023 and Q2 investment went up 4.1%, Q3 investment went up 1.4% and Q4 investment went up 0.5%?

Is the shrinking growth rate a sign of success or a sign of failure?
If it's a success, will they raise the corporate rate from 25% to 31% this year?

How is drastically increasing tariffs going to affect inflation?

It will decrease demand for Chinese goods and increase demand for domestic and non-Chinese goods. Is that inflationary? How much?

How is a massive deportation of illegals going to affect inflation?

It'll reduce home prices and rents. Less spending on criminal justice, ERs and ESL classes.

How is even more corporate and personal income tax cuts going to affect inflation?

Corporations will produce more here; workers will keep more of their paychecks.

Both should offset a portion of higher import prices.
Wait, the G7 was worried about corporations moving to a low tax jurisdiction?

Don't they understand that corporations love higher rates and hate lower rates?
Why hasn't one of them put your idea into place and raised rates to 70%?
All the corporations will flood into their country because their WACC is lower.

Right?

And why have not some countries taken the corporate tax rate to zero? I mean then their coffers would be overflowing with all the money coming in. I mean seriously, what part of a curve do you not understand? Is 70% too high? Would it reduce investment and reduce revenue, probably. But on the other hand, 21% is far too low, Trump's corporate tax cut did not pay for itself and resulted in a decline in revenues as a percentage of GDP. The sweet spot, the inflection point, most economist place it at around 45%. That is why Kennedy's income tax cut generated revenue and Reagan's didn't.

They raised the rate from 19% to 25% in April 2023 and Q2 investment went up 4.1%, Q3 investment went up 1.4% and Q4 investment went up 0.5%?

Is the shrink
ing growth rate a sign of success or a sign of failure?
If it's a success, will they raise the corporate rate from 25% to 31% this year?
Damn, don't those goalposts get heavy, all that moving around you are doing. Corporate tax rates went up, investment went up, precisely what you asked for.

It will decrease demand for Chinese goods and increase demand for domestic and non-Chinese goods. Is that inflationary? How much?
Come on man. Republicans have been for free trade for generations. And it makes sense. And it has for more than 1500 flippin years, since Xenophon.


While the numbers in that article are absolutely horrifying, this stands out.
The tariffs protect the least efficient firms and reduced their incentives to innovate while hurting the most successful U.S. firms, reducing their ability to innovate.
Wow, I mean just wow. Protecting losers and punishing winners. Absolutely brilliant.

It'll reduce home prices and rents. Less spending on criminal justice, ERs and ESL classes.
I already gave you the first one, reduce home prices and rents. But who does that hurt? Homeowners and those with rental properties. I mean do you guys ever think things through? Besides, I don't think it will result in much of a reduction, maybe for starter homes or rental properties in not the best of neighborhoods. The Feds storm into the trailer park and kick all fifteen illegals that have been renting the single wide. All the interior walls are gone, it is one big shell with cots running down both sides, a nasty ass bathroom, and a kitchen, maybe. I have seen it. Less spending on criminal justice, keep fooling yourself, illegal immigrants break the law less often than natives, and don't even say they are here breaking the law, it is a code violation, like a speeding ticket. Emergency rooms, that one is comical. I will give you an example. I had some neck pain and the doctor sent me to have an x-ray. When I showed up at the imaging center, a little after four in the afternoon, the tech had already went home for the day. They sent me to the hospital. I waltz in, sign some paperwork and then they call me up to pay. List price, over a thousand bucks. But I had insurance with a 20% copay, and they gave me a 25% discount on that for paying up front. I whipped out my card and they swiped it, for THREE BUCKS. The total amount they got, from me and my insurance, $35. If I would have been an illegal immigrant the hospital would be screaming about the thousand bucks they didn't get. It is horseshit. Besides, studies have shown, those illegals, many of them pay, it is an integrity thing with them. The reality of our health care system. Those with insurance don't subsidize those without. Those without subsidize them. And ESL, please. That is an investment. Hell, less than two hundred years ago everyone around here spoke German.

Corporations will produce more here; workers will keep more of their paychecks.

Both should offset a portion of higher import prices.


Corporations may produce more here, but at a higher cost. And employees get to keep more of their paycheck, but until there are spending cuts to offset those taxcuts, and they never are, it is more dollars chasing fewer goods, the very definition of inflation.
 
Wait, the G7 was worried about corporations moving to a low tax jurisdiction?

Don't they understand that corporations love higher rates and hate lower rates?
Why hasn't one of them put your idea into place and raised rates to 70%?
All the corporations will flood into their country because their WACC is lower.

Right?

And why have not some countries taken the corporate tax rate to zero? I mean then their coffers would be overflowing with all the money coming in. I mean seriously, what part of a curve do you not understand? Is 70% too high? Would it reduce investment and reduce revenue, probably. But on the other hand, 21% is far too low, Trump's corporate tax cut did not pay for itself and resulted in a decline in revenues as a percentage of GDP. The sweet spot, the inflection point, most economist place it at around 45%. That is why Kennedy's income tax cut generated revenue and Reagan's didn't.

They raised the rate from 19% to 25% in April 2023 and Q2 investment went up 4.1%, Q3 investment went up 1.4% and Q4 investment went up 0.5%?

Is the shrink
ing growth rate a sign of success or a sign of failure?
If it's a success, will they raise the corporate rate from 25% to 31% this year?
Damn, don't those goalposts get heavy, all that moving around you are doing. Corporate tax rates went up, investment went up, precisely what you asked for.

It will decrease demand for Chinese goods and increase demand for domestic and non-Chinese goods. Is that inflationary? How much?
Come on man. Republicans have been for free trade for generations. And it makes sense. And it has for more than 1500 flippin years, since Xenophon.


While the numbers in that article are absolutely horrifying, this stands out.
The tariffs protect the least efficient firms and reduced their incentives to innovate while hurting the most successful U.S. firms, reducing their ability to innovate.
Wow, I mean just wow. Protecting losers and punishing winners. Absolutely brilliant.

It'll reduce home prices and rents. Less spending on criminal justice, ERs and ESL classes.
I already gave you the first one, reduce home prices and rents. But who does that hurt? Homeowners and those with rental properties. I mean do you guys ever think things through? Besides, I don't think it will result in much of a reduction, maybe for starter homes or rental properties in not the best of neighborhoods. The Feds storm into the trailer park and kick all fifteen illegals that have been renting the single wide. All the interior walls are gone, it is one big shell with cots running down both sides, a nasty ass bathroom, and a kitchen, maybe. I have seen it. Less spending on criminal justice, keep fooling yourself, illegal immigrants break the law less often than natives, and don't even say they are here breaking the law, it is a code violation, like a speeding ticket. Emergency rooms, that one is comical. I will give you an example. I had some neck pain and the doctor sent me to have an x-ray. When I showed up at the imaging center, a little after four in the afternoon, the tech had already went home for the day. They sent me to the hospital. I waltz in, sign some paperwork and then they call me up to pay. List price, over a thousand bucks. But I had insurance with a 20% copay, and they gave me a 25% discount on that for paying up front. I whipped out my card and they swiped it, for THREE BUCKS. The total amount they got, from me and my insurance, $35. If I would have been an illegal immigrant the hospital would be screaming about the thousand bucks they didn't get. It is horseshit. Besides, studies have shown, those illegals, many of them pay, it is an integrity thing with them. The reality of our health care system. Those with insurance don't subsidize those without. Those without subsidize them. And ESL, please. That is an investment. Hell, less than two hundred years ago everyone around here spoke German.

Corporations will produce more here; workers will keep more of their paychecks.

Both should offset a portion of higher import prices.


Corporations may produce more here, but at a higher cost. And employees get to keep more of their paycheck, but until there are spending cuts to offset those taxcuts, and they never are, it is more dollars chasing fewer goods, the very definition of inflation.

And why have not some countries taken the corporate tax rate to zero? I mean then their coffers would be overflowing with all the money coming in.

They dropped them below 15% and the money rolled in.

I mean seriously, what part of a curve do you not understand? Is 70% too high?
Would it reduce investment and reduce revenue, probably.


Isn't WACC much lower with a 70% rate than with a 21% rate?
Higher taxes subsidize risk. You want companies to take more risk, increase their tax rate.
Right? 70% is a much bigger subsidy than 21%.

Come on man. Republicans have been for free trade for generations.

You asked me how it would impact inflation, not whether Republicans support it or whether it was a good idea to give China PNTR.

Protecting losers and punishing winners. Absolutely brilliant.

Should we defend any domestic producers from Chinese imports?

I already gave you the first one, reduce home prices and rents. But who does that hurt? Homeowners and those with rental properties.

Yes. And? Should we welcome swarms of illegals to benefit homeowners and those with rental properties?

I mean do you guys ever think things through?

I do think it through. But the question was about inflation.

Besides, I don't think it will result in much of a reduction, maybe for starter homes or rental properties in not the best of neighborhoods.

Maybe.

Less spending on criminal justice, keep fooling yourself, illegal immigrants break the law less often than natives

How many in our prisons are illegal aliens? Don't say not many.

Emergency rooms, that one is comical.

Hospitals haven't closed in border areas from providing unreimbursed care?
Do all the illegals have good insurance? Talk about comical.

And ESL, please. That is an investment.

Why is Chicago investing millions of dollars to teach English to illegal aliens.
It's not like we have enough money to do the things we need to do for legal Chicagoans.
Like teach them how to read, write and do math.

Corporations may produce more here, but at a higher cost.

Obviously.
 
Even within that vagueness we find three inflationary proposals. Tariffs, elimination of immigration and mass deportations, and tax cuts. What policy proposals will counter those inflationary drivers?
The fact that government spends more than it collects in taxes is inflationary

Tariffs are too but they are necessary to protect jobs and the US economy

The same goes for reduced immigration

Too many foreign workers competing for too few jobs drives wages down and puts Americans on welfare
 
Wait, the G7 was worried about corporations moving to a low tax jurisdiction?

Don't they understand that corporations love higher rates and hate lower rates?
Why hasn't one of them put your idea into place and raised rates to 70%?
All the corporations will flood into their country because their WACC is lower.

Right?

And why have not some countries taken the corporate tax rate to zero? I mean then their coffers would be overflowing with all the money coming in. I mean seriously, what part of a curve do you not understand? Is 70% too high? Would it reduce investment and reduce revenue, probably. But on the other hand, 21% is far too low, Trump's corporate tax cut did not pay for itself and resulted in a decline in revenues as a percentage of GDP. The sweet spot, the inflection point, most economist place it at around 45%. That is why Kennedy's income tax cut generated revenue and Reagan's didn't.

They raised the rate from 19% to 25% in April 2023 and Q2 investment went up 4.1%, Q3 investment went up 1.4% and Q4 investment went up 0.5%?

Is the shrink
ing growth rate a sign of success or a sign of failure?
If it's a success, will they raise the corporate rate from 25% to 31% this year?
Damn, don't those goalposts get heavy, all that moving around you are doing. Corporate tax rates went up, investment went up, precisely what you asked for.

It will decrease demand for Chinese goods and increase demand for domestic and non-Chinese goods. Is that inflationary? How much?
Come on man. Republicans have been for free trade for generations. And it makes sense. And it has for more than 1500 flippin years, since Xenophon.


While the numbers in that article are absolutely horrifying, this stands out.
The tariffs protect the least efficient firms and reduced their incentives to innovate while hurting the most successful U.S. firms, reducing their ability to innovate.
Wow, I mean just wow. Protecting losers and punishing winners. Absolutely brilliant.

It'll reduce home prices and rents. Less spending on criminal justice, ERs and ESL classes.
I already gave you the first one, reduce home prices and rents. But who does that hurt? Homeowners and those with rental properties. I mean do you guys ever think things through? Besides, I don't think it will result in much of a reduction, maybe for starter homes or rental properties in not the best of neighborhoods. The Feds storm into the trailer park and kick all fifteen illegals that have been renting the single wide. All the interior walls are gone, it is one big shell with cots running down both sides, a nasty ass bathroom, and a kitchen, maybe. I have seen it. Less spending on criminal justice, keep fooling yourself, illegal immigrants break the law less often than natives, and don't even say they are here breaking the law, it is a code violation, like a speeding ticket. Emergency rooms, that one is comical. I will give you an example. I had some neck pain and the doctor sent me to have an x-ray. When I showed up at the imaging center, a little after four in the afternoon, the tech had already went home for the day. They sent me to the hospital. I waltz in, sign some paperwork and then they call me up to pay. List price, over a thousand bucks. But I had insurance with a 20% copay, and they gave me a 25% discount on that for paying up front. I whipped out my card and they swiped it, for THREE BUCKS. The total amount they got, from me and my insurance, $35. If I would have been an illegal immigrant the hospital would be screaming about the thousand bucks they didn't get. It is horseshit. Besides, studies have shown, those illegals, many of them pay, it is an integrity thing with them. The reality of our health care system. Those with insurance don't subsidize those without. Those without subsidize them. And ESL, please. That is an investment. Hell, less than two hundred years ago everyone around here spoke German.

Corporations will produce more here; workers will keep more of their paychecks.

Both should offset a portion of higher import prices.


Corporations may produce more here, but at a higher cost. And employees get to keep more of their paycheck, but until there are spending cuts to offset those taxcuts, and they never are, it is more dollars chasing fewer goods, the very definition of inflation.

And why have not some countries taken the corporate tax rate to zero? I mean then their coffers would be overflowing with all the money coming in.

They dropped them below 15% and the money rolled in.

I mean seriously, what part of a curve do you not understand? Is 70% too high?
Would it reduce investment and reduce revenue, probably.


Isn't WACC much lower with a 70% rate than with a 21% rate?
Higher taxes subsidize risk. You want companies to take more risk, increase their tax rate.
Right? 70% is a much bigger subsidy than 21%.

Come on man. Republicans have been for free trade for generations.

You asked me how it would impact inflation, not whether Republicans support it or whether it was a good idea to give China PNTR.

Protecting losers and punishing winners. Absolutely brilliant.

Should we defend any domestic producers from Chinese imports?

I already gave you the first one, reduce home prices and rents. But who does that hurt? Homeowners and those with rental properties.

Yes. And? Should we welcome swarms of illegals to benefit homeowners and those with rental properties?

I mean do you guys ever think things through?

I do think it through. But the question was about inflation.

Besides, I don't think it will result in much of a reduction, maybe for starter homes or rental properties in not the best of neighborhoods.

Maybe.

Less spending on criminal justice, keep fooling yourself, illegal immigrants break the law less often than natives

How many in our prisons are illegal aliens? Don't say not many.

Emergency rooms, that one is comical.

Hospitals haven't closed in border areas from providing unreimbursed care?
Do all the illegals have good insurance? Talk about comical.

And ESL, please. That is an investment.

Why is Chicago investing millions of dollars to teach English to illegal aliens.
It's not like we have enough money to do the things we need to do for legal Chicagoans.
Like teach them how to read, write and do math.

Corporations may produce more here, but at a higher cost.

Obviously.
 

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