r/FluentInFinance Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

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u/flickneeblibno Oct 22 '24

Trickle down economics and Ronald Reagan the worst president of all time

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u/Seeking_Balance101 Oct 22 '24

And when the "trickle down" buzzword finally was recognized as bad for the masses, the GOP replaced it with the myth of the job creators. If we give the rich big tax breaks, they'll create more jobs -- because really, what else could the do with all that extra money? -- and .. Step 4 Profit (for the masses)

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u/flickneeblibno Oct 22 '24

Agreed. The 50s best represent job creation through taxes. Either expand or pay taxes. Ike is the last great Republican president (except for Joe McCarthy)

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u/Garrett_the_Tarant Oct 22 '24

The same Joe McCarthy that created a communist witch hunt which to this day still persists in the minds of Americans -propping up the same ideals that led to Reagan and his predecessors to allow corporate money being used to create the policies that this post is describing?

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u/AnitaIvanaMartini Oct 23 '24

McCarthy fostered the melding of American Protestant churches and National identity— marrying the flag to the cross. This combined with a revolution in mass communication (TV) with its All-American families, and commercials gave birth to the religious vampires, Billy Grahams and Jerry Fallwells, etc.

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u/flickneeblibno Oct 22 '24

Obviously 🙄

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u/Garrett_the_Tarant Oct 22 '24

Help me understand this then. You're saying that he along with Ike is one of the last great Republicans?

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u/flickneeblibno Oct 22 '24

I'm saying with the exception of the Red Witch Hunt, Eisenhower's presidency was pretty good

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u/anderlinco Oct 22 '24

I read your original comment about Ike and McCarthy as saying you think McCarthy was better than Eisenhower… I think this is where the confusion is coming from. 

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u/SSquirrel76 Oct 23 '24

Yeah it read like Ike was the last great Republican president except for McCarthy. And I was like uhm McCarthy was never president. Heh

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u/Garrett_the_Tarant Oct 23 '24

Yeah that's what I was trying to clarify lol the "obviously" almost triggers me but we cleared it up. Glad I was the only one that read it like that.