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OrbitalDawn said:
Kansas did the exact same thing literally a few years ago, and only last year finally ended their idiotic idea.

And it was a dismal failure, as expected.
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Yup Kansas/California is a good recent example of two states choosing two opposite methods whilst having the opposite success. Whilst im not a proponent of simply raising taxes on the rich (there is a time and place for raising or lowering taxes on the rich, usually when there is a buget surplus), the idea of trickle down is bunk.

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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that the Senate will vote in the fall to confirm President Trump's forthcoming nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

"The Senate stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role by offering advice and consent … We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall," McConnell said from the Senate floor.

McConnell laid down early guidelines for consideration of the forthcoming nomination, saying while senators would be able to meet with the nominee, he expected Trump's pick to be treated "fairly."
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Oh wow, so Mitch was just being a lying piece of schit when he asserted there shouldn't be SCOTUS picks in election years. Huh, what a surprise. :rolleyes:

And the gall that he wants his pick to be treated "fairly"...
 
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Randhir said:
They're ****ed. Even if Flake goes against the Republicans, McConnell will weasel out a rule to take them to majority.

And if RBG and Bayer go down any time soon, that's it.
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49 plays 51 in the senate unless McCain can't vote. Pence still gets to break a tie 'tho... Dems need to hold the line and get down in the dirt on this one to delay 'till November if they can. They need two Repubs on their side. I'm not sure where Collins and Murkowski are on women's issues and Corker and Flake might also be options... Long, long shot 'tho.
 
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No way cowards like Flake or Corker would actually hold the line against a SCOTUS pick. And even if they do, McConnell might grant them a pointless vote on their bills, it'll get voted down, and they'll vote with the herd.
 
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Arthur said:
SCOTUS battles ahead. Kennedy's leaving, so another pick for Trump.
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Hopefully Trump will select a non-white transgendered sodomite that married her sister and supports killing unborn humans...just to make the snowflakes sleep again.
 
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Unhappy438 said:
Yup Kansas/California is a good recent example of two states choosing two opposite methods whilst having the opposite success. Whilst im not a proponent of simply raising taxes on the rich (there is a time and place for raising or lowering taxes on the rich, usually when there is a buget surplus), the idea of trickle down is bunk.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl...kansas-budget-impasse-look-beyond-the-hype-to

Here's a sensible, factual article on Kansas economics for those that actually care and aren't just trying to score some political points. Surprise-suprise the tickle- down worked as advertised.
 
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rietrot said:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl...kansas-budget-impasse-look-beyond-the-hype-to

Here's a sensible, factual article on Kansas economics for those that actually care and aren't just trying to score some political points. Surprise-suprise the tickle- down worked as advertised.
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What is trickle down economics? Looks like you and the libtards fall for the same lie:

If there is ever a contest for the biggest lie in politics, this one should be a top contender.

While there have been all too many lies told in politics, most have some little tiny fraction of truth in them, to make them seem plausible. But the "trickle-down" lie is 100 percent lie.

It should win the contest both because of its purity -- no contaminating speck of truth -- and because of how many people have repeated it over the years, without any evidence being asked for or given.

Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who had ever advocated this "trickle-down" theory. Some readers said that somebody said that somebody else had advocated a "trickle-down" policy. But they could never name that somebody else and quote them.

Mayor de Blasio is by no means the first politician to denounce this non-existent theory. Back in 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama attacked what he called "an economic philosophy" which "says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else."

Let's do something completely unexpected: Let's stop and think. Why would anyone advocate that we "give" something to A in hopes that it would trickle down to B? Why in the world would any sane person not give it to B and cut out the middleman? But all this is moot, because there was no trickle-down theory about giving something to anybody in the first place.

The "trickle-down" theory cannot be found in even the most voluminous scholarly studies of economic theories -- including J.A. Schumpeter's monumental "History of Economic Analysis," more than a thousand pages long and printed in very small type.
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A usefull strawman bogeyman from leftards so they can support their own creeping up poverty socialist economic plans.
 
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Techne said:
What is trickle down economics? Looks like you and the libtards fall for the
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Its just another term for supply side economics, are we going to pretend that doesnt exist either?

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Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who had ever advocated this "trickle-down" theory.
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Sounds like this admin.


Techne said:
A usefull strawman bogeyman from leftards so they can support their own creeping up poverty socialist economic plans.
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Now thats what you call a strawman.
 
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Unhappy438 said:
Its just another term for supply side economics, are we going to pretend that doesnt exist either?



Sounds like this admin.




Now thats what you call a strawman.
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Glad you spotted it as intended. Now all we need is a bit of integrity and apply the same logic to trickle down BS.
 
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Techne said:
Hopefully Trump will select a non-white transgendered sodomite that married her sister and supports killing unborn humans...just to make the snowflakes sleep again.
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I don't think Obama is legally qualified though ...
 
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Techne said:
Glad you spotted it as intended. Now all we need is a bit of integrity and apply the same logic to trickle down BS.
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Integrity :crylaugh: , ironic coming from you. You don't like disparaging terms but like to use them, shem.
 
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