If I hear one more person romanticize the Reagan era …

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

So says one of the leftists here.

What is wrong with giving people a reason to produce goods/services?

He's quoting what George Bush Sr. said when he was running in the primaries against reagan.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

when they already have enough of an incentive and it'll cause big deficits if you do and the wealth doesn't trickle down, it's not necessary.

How much wealth do you want to trickle down?

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

How much wealth do you want to trickle down?

at least some of it.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

at least some of it.

You don't think it has in the form of jobs?

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

You don't think it has in the form of jobs?

it hasn't increased the income of the average Joe for the past 30 years.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

it hasn't increased the income of the average Joe for the past 30 years.

Sure it hasn't. Right people are doing awful. Economies should just give pay raises even though average Joe falls behind in job skills. Markets don't work that way and average Joe often does better than you are willing to admit.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Sure it hasn't. Right people are doing awful. Economies should just give pay raises even though average Joe falls behind in job skills. Markets don't work that way and average Joe often does better than you are willing to admit.

the notion that rising inequality is due to technological change that rewards skills is a myth. most of the rise has been among college grads.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pagewanted=all

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

the notion that rising inequality is due to technological change that rewards skills is a myth. most of the rise has been among college grads.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pagewanted=all

Then average Joe ought to go to college. Nobody but himself is stopping him.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

He's quoting what George Bush Sr. said when he was running in the primaries against reagan.

That's right - I had forgotten about that.

My guess is that the difference is that for Bush, it was political rhetoric and that Chino means it.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Sure it hasn't. Right people are doing awful. Economies should just give pay raises even though average Joe falls behind in job skills. Markets don't work that way and average Joe often does better than you are willing to admit.

The economy is in rough shape. The average Joe/sue has fallen behind in job skills and his/her job is now outsourced.