America and Americans have been Fleeced by Trickle-down Economics of the Conservative Right – not the Liberal Left!
I’m pissed that Republicans and Right-Wing conservatives keep blaming liberals for the conditions of our inner cities and actually America in general. They say that liberal policies have had a negative impact on the residents of our inner cities. What has destroyed the lives of many in the inner cities, destroyed the American Dream in the Inner City and the majority of the country? I’ll tell you – Republican policies and conservative corporate policy!! Who destroyed the unions, who shipped American jobs overseas and most of all who created an income gap between the rich and normal Americans! Not the Liberals, it’s the frigging fraudulent conservative trickle-down economics! America grew in the 50s through the 80s because the lower and middle classes had money! Money to spend to buy the products that corporate America was selling! Then Reagan came along selling his lies that if we made corporate America rich, it would trickle down to all! It was voodoo economics then and it is voodoo economics now! And over the last 35 years the effects of those policies have been compound by corporations outsourcing American jobs giving the middle and lower class even less disposable income!!
So while we have watched once prosperous towns throughout America become ghost towns As we see our infrastructure crumble.around us, driving over dangerous bridges and clogged roadways, the rich keep right on getting richer and blaming the poor for all the problems America faces. Oh wait maybe it’s not the poor, maybe it’s gay marriage! They spout that America spends too much on social programs – bull hockey! We the people “foot the bill” for too much of America, while corporations and the rich pay little to no taxes! Something just ain’t right!!
This whole rant was a result of reading a post at Addicting Info regarding a recently released report from the International Monetary Fun: – New Study By IMF Blasts GOP’s ‘Trickle-Down’ Economics, Says Higher Wages For Poor Lead To Growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) just threw a wrench at Republicans in Congress with their latest report entitled Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective. In the 39-page document, they slam Reaganomics and its followers by saying “trickle-down” economics just doesn’t work. In fact, not only that but the opposite is true:
“We find that increasing the income share of the poor and the middle class actually increases growth while a rising income share of the top 20 percent results in lower growth—that is, when the rich get richer, benefits do not trickle down.”
They used the term “trickle-down” for a reason. They were sending a clear message to conservatives on the right who have been ignoring their recommendations for some time now. It’s a familiar talking point of theirs that says if you give money to “job creators,” they will open more shops, employ more people, increase incomes, etc. These myths are an outright lie, and the IMF is taking notice. Read More
So what can we do – listen to and support liberals like Bernie Sanders – listen to Robert Reich and Elizabeth Warren – yes they are liberals and guess what America – they care about you!!! They care about the common man not the corporate elite It’s time that government both Houses of Congress remember that they serve the PEOPLE of the United States and not the Corporations of the United States and if they don’t believe that then, WE the People need to throw them out and replace them we people like Sanders, Reich and Warren and not with people like Christie, Walker and Perry and all the other Republicans who just spout what the rich tell them to!! And yes Tea Party People it is about taxes! It’s about the taxes that the rich don’t pay! Yes, you do pay too much in taxes and you could pay less if GM, GE and other corporations were paying their FAIR share. Ok Edward is getting down off of his soap box now and will do some yoga to calm down!!