In Reply to: Here's the problem with that perspective posted by Dr.J on August 19, 2026 at 10:23:22
helping wealth drain from the middle class, which is taxed at a higher rate than the wealthy class, and funnel it to a class that is already being taxed at a lower rate also becomes a contributing factor?
Is there a policy you can point at during the Clinton/Obama/Biden years that effectively reversed the flow of wealth from the poor/middle class to the hyper rich? And by that I mean something substantial that goes beyond that minor tinkering at the edges with minor tax credits for middle class families.
I mean, as far as I'm aware, the economic team that ran this country's economy remained a constant between Clinton to Bush Jr to Obama, and a similar team may have been in charge with Bush Sr for all I know. We've had one continues set of policies running this country through three double term presidencies.
You won't have any pushback from me wrt who's the bigger problem here. That's as clear as light. But I do maintain that at least Clinton and Obama were participants in the underlying direction of the economy, though in a passive sense in the continuity they provided, while the Republican presidencies constantly accelerate the bleeding with their dumbass decisions and military adventurism. I feel like a lot of the Clinton and Obama turn arounds (probably Biden too) was by simply stopping the massive bleeding that Reepublicans rpoutinely introduce and letting the economy do its own healing over time.
Was there a time since maybe Reagan where the military budget was actually cut? The only cut we've heard presented as a big deal was the cut in the growth rate, not a cut in actual terms.
Correct me if I'm wrong in what I'm saying here.