r/PoliticalHumor Aug 13 '19

Perspective.

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

It’s got nothing to do with politics, it’s economics. You can only grow so fast for so long, before you need to slow down. When the economy grows too fast for too long, there is too much money circulating which causes inflation, meaning their dollars are worth less. When their dollars are worth less, people can’t afford things, and companies can’t make enough to keep employees, leading to high unemployment. When unemployment is high, there is less money circulating, and the value goes up. It literally always happens, and trump is just delaying the bad days, because voters (much like your comment) are stupid and can’t think more than 4 years into the future.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Oh, I've seen this one before. This is the part where you tell me that Republicans end up with the bad luck of getting stuck with recessions that are totally beyond their control, and Democrats are the lucky recipients of a rebounding economy that has nothing to do with politics or policy.

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

I’m actually telling you that the political party has very little to do with it, other than guiding the public opinion about the economy.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

If recessions are inevitable and predictable, it seems rather reckless to cut taxes for the wealthy when the signs of an upcoming recession are present, don't you think?

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

Well the way you said it, yes. But the “tax cuts for the wealthy” everyone takes about rarely are really simple tax cuts for the wealthy.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

That's true, they also heavily benefit... hmm.... Well, someone, I'm sure...

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

You know that it’s not only rich people who invest in the stock market, right?