Skewering of Leftist Economic "Conventional Wisdom"

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Give me an F-ing break. The CBPP is a bunch of non-partisan leftists. The only reason they're non-partisan is that their membership is likely equally distributed between those who vote Democrat, Green Party, Communist Party USA or Social Democrats. Linking to that bunch and calling them "non-partisan" is laughable. I'll see your CBPP blather and raise you something similar from the Tax Foundation...

Meanwhile, as an adjunct to your anecdote about Walmart's wonderfulness and generosity courtesy of your Dear Leader, Walmart also just announced that they are "closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the US, the company told Business Insider. Several stores were abruptly closed Thursday. In some cases, employees were not informed of the closures prior to showing up to work on Thursday. Instead, they learned that their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closure, according to reports."

http://www.businessinsider.com/walma...-stores-2018-1

Should your Dear Leader also claim responsibility for these thousands of lay-offs?

By the way, the Tax Foundation is no more non-partisan than the CBPP (they're conservative) and the analysis you point do has been criticized as incomplete and thereby fraudulent.
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/20...laining-to-do/

The bottom line - Using only anecdotal evidence to prove a point proves only the existence of an anecdote (and nothing else). You should have learned that after your embarrassing Carrier Corp. post.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

By the way, the Tax Foundation is no more non-partisan than the CBPP (they're conservative) and the analysis you point do has been criticized as incomplete and thereby fraudulent.
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/20...laining-to-do/

The bottom line - Using only anecdotal evidence to prove a point proves only the existence of an anecdote (and nothing else). You should have learned that after your embarrassing Carrier Corp. post.

Bottom line - you point to a disingenuous, leftist economist to "debunk" the analysis by the Tax Foundation. I'm laughing right out loud.

By the way, just to help you out a bit more, and anecdote is generally used to describe a singular event. There have been multiple companies that have announced bonuses, wage increases, expansions, etc. that they attribute to a more favorable tax climate in 2018. The run up in the stock market in part is attributable to a more favorable tax and regulatory climate in 2018. I think we're a bit beyond classifying this evidence as "anecdotal". You might need to find a different pejorative term to make your failing narrative sound better.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by whell

Bottom line - you point to a disingenuous, leftist economist to "debunk" the analysis by the Tax Foundation. I'm laughing right out loud.

And you wonder why no one wants to discuss the issues with you.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Chicks

And you wonder why no one wants to discuss the issues with you.

He's a real peach, ain't he?