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Gloomy · F
It's so sad when for example climate change deniers argue that a majority of the international scientific community has been bought and then argue that the one guy who earns his money by selling books arguing against climate change to people like them, is a beacon of truth.
SomeMichGuy · M
helenS · 36-40, F
A reassuring lie is often times more welcomed than the sober truth.
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helenS · 36-40, F
@Fukfacewillie Biden's successes (which are admirable) simply do not fit into the picture so they are ignored. It's not just that people are lied to by evil network corporations, it's rather that people want to be lied to.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@helenS Helen, are you suggesting that Joe Biden has had successes?
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Pretty much.
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
Everyone has motives, good or bad, it's relative.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@TheOrionbeltseeker motives and conspiracies divorced from reality are very different things.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Everyone can be bought.
SomeMichGuy · M
Thank you! lol
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
Thank you, internet!
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Kypro · 51-55, M
@HoraceGreenley The Laffer curve as presented is simplistic in that it assumes a single tax rate and a single labor supply. Actual systems of public finance are more complex, and there is serious doubt about the relevance of considering a single marginal tax rate.[4] In addition, revenue may well be a multivalued function of tax rate; for instance, an increase in tax rate to a certain percentage may not result in the same revenue as a decrease in tax rate to the same percentage (a kind of hysteresis). Furthermore, the Laffer curve does not take explicitly into account the nature of the tax avoidance taking place. It is possible that if all producers are endowed with two survival factors in the market (ability to produce efficiently and ability to avoid tax), then the revenues raised under tax avoidance can be greater than without avoidance, and thus the Laffer curve maximum is found to be farther right than thought
Kypro · 51-55, M
@HoraceGreenley the economy was collapsing when Obama came in. (Great Recession). He cut unemployment from over ten to five% and left a stable economy for trump
SW-User
@HoraceGreenley the total term under trump was greatly affected by Covid?? I don’t recall trump entering office in 2020😂 Obama strengthened GDP massively since coming into office immediately after the crash (caused by Republicans), and Trump inherited a strong economy that was only getting stronger.
The only president whose term has been greatly affected by Covid is Biden, and GDP is rocketing. #inconvenienttruth
The only president whose term has been greatly affected by Covid is Biden, and GDP is rocketing. #inconvenienttruth