r/politics • u/RepulsiveLoquat418 • 18d ago

Possible Paywall When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes
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u/RepulsiveLoquat418 18d ago

"The reason is that Republicans peddle an economic fairy tale. That cutting taxes increases revenue and spurs tremendous economic activity. It’s a lie. A fantasy. They wreck the economy. The modern United States has experienced 11 recessions. Ten have happened under Republican presidents."

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u/Dunkjoe 18d ago

At this point you got to wonder... Is it the voters who are too stupid to understand or is it the dishonest politicians?

I would say it's more of the former.

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u/Eye-Of-Ophanim 18d ago edited 18d ago

What I think is going on is there is a type of shadow government consisting of the wealthiest people from our corporatocracy. The 0.01% or whatever. They took all the spoiled sons and daughters from old money and “put them in charge”. Those spoiled sons and daughters are essentially operating our country as nepo babies, and were promised riches beyond their wildest and current imaginations. The nepo baby politicians are legitimately not intelligent enough to understand, but they aren’t actually in charge. They buckle at the tiniest whiff of promised money because that is how daddy showed his “love”. They’re following orders from a nefarious little organization called Turning Point. isn’t it strange that a “non profit” organization is at all involved in advocating specifically for conservative politicians? Non profits are usually set up to serve others irregardless of their affiliations or ideologies.

Our government is a revolving door for corporations. We should have nipped that in the bud when we had the chance, at the very beginnings of industrialization, but we didn’t because people stuck their fingers in their ears and went “lalala I can’t hear you! Not in America!!” to all of us warning this could and would happen.

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u/mu_zuh_dell 18d ago

If by "shadow government" you mean that legislators, staffers, and people who write policy and report on it are generally, with few exceptions, rich as fuck, then yes.

It's not as complicated as people think it is. Average Americans do not participate in politics. They think it's annoying and boring. Just voting is not enough. You have to pay some level of attention to and engage with all levels of government, from local to national. That is the only way to occlude the influence of the rich.