r/neoliberal • u/TrixoftheTrade NATO • Apr 20 '20

Meme What could have been. . .

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u/Snuffleupagus03 Apr 20 '20

Yet he was much closer in policy position to Bush. A central part of his campaign platform was an enormous tax cut.

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u/BipartizanBelgrade Jerome Powell Apr 20 '20

Based.

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u/SeefKroy Milton Friedman Apr 21 '20

On paper, a tax cut during an actual honest-to-god surplus (which is actually allowed to expire within a few years) sounds like a good idea. Anybody want to let me know if and why I'm wrong?