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In reply to the discussion: Obama is giving the speech liberals have begged him to give for four years. [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)78. Well ...
My studies of econ are less than a quarter century old; but nothing has changed in its basis. If you studied it at all, socialist or otherwise, you would know that tax cuts to the middle and working classes are stimulative, in a true Keynesian manner.
It doesn't matter that Bush advocated for tax cuts that included the middle class, that doesn't make it any less Keynesian or stimulative ... Hell, tax cuts to the wealthy are Keynesian stimulative measures, though admittedly, far less stimulative than tax cuts to the middle and working classes.
Maybe you should google "middle class tax cuts+stimulative+Krugman", it might give you a better footing than wiki.
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Obama is giving the speech liberals have begged him to give for four years. [View all]
kpete
Jan 2013
OP
Are you not grasping parallels between today's protests and past (Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall?
proverbialwisdom
Jan 2013
#77
In other words, you couldn't answer my question so you resort to lame insults.
forestpath
Jan 2013
#27
All you did was take the opportunity to condescend. Another poster managed to answer me
forestpath
Jan 2013
#40
Oh, please. You posted personally to me in the same message, don't know why you'd deny it.
forestpath
Jan 2013
#43
Aww, thank you for the affirmation, xtracritical. I appreciate it very much. :-)
Melinda
Jan 2013
#72
You may very well be right. But just think how much more enjoyable DU could be if every question...
Melinda
Jan 2013
#71
Whatever the President may want to do he still has this lame obstructionist RepubliCON Congress
xtraxritical
Jan 2013
#57