These four lines of reasoning all lead to the same end point: It is potentially misleading to imagine
that U.S. taxes in the 1950s can serve as a model for
a better approach in 2013. Income tax rates actually
paid in the U.S. have remained stable for decades.
There are policies that can reduce inequality, but I don’t think Americans would approve of a socialist government. Mamdani is live experiment of whether socialistic policies will work.
Trump’s border policies would have been well received decades ago. Because of Trump, today’s status quo is too far to the right. Democrats should have policies more centrist.
The Manhattan Institute is also a billionaire-sponsored think tank that exists to advocate for lower taxes – there’s a lot of them, and I imagine they’ll all have a version of that article.
Trump’s border policies would have been well received decades ago.
I don’t think so. His policies, including his border policies, are more extreme versions of previous policies that were all quite controversial at the time – gradually disassembling important judicial principles and democratic checks and limitations of power.
But I have to keep hammering on this, because you keep ignoring it: the status quo is that things are getting worse - so voting for the status quo, is voting that things should keep getting worse. People understand this. As long as there is no leftist alternative, things will keep creeping further towards fascism - slower when the centrists are in power, and faster when they’re not.
Decades ago, Trump’s extreme policies regarding border security would never have been necessary because there would never have been a flood of illegal migrants. In the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement began. Even nonwhite US citizens faced discrimination.
No, politics too far to the left produces far-right parties. One of Trump’s top campaign issues was tougher border security. The AfD party is becoming popular because of its anti-immigration stance. It has been stopped by Merz’s centrist views.
This article says the same thing. The article is too long so I just read the conclusion. From https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/ib_19.pdf
These four lines of reasoning all lead to the same end point: It is potentially misleading to imagine that U.S. taxes in the 1950s can serve as a model for a better approach in 2013. Income tax rates actually paid in the U.S. have remained stable for decades.
There are policies that can reduce inequality, but I don’t think Americans would approve of a socialist government. Mamdani is live experiment of whether socialistic policies will work.
Trump’s border policies would have been well received decades ago. Because of Trump, today’s status quo is too far to the right. Democrats should have policies more centrist.
The Manhattan Institute is also a billionaire-sponsored think tank that exists to advocate for lower taxes – there’s a lot of them, and I imagine they’ll all have a version of that article.
I don’t think so. His policies, including his border policies, are more extreme versions of previous policies that were all quite controversial at the time – gradually disassembling important judicial principles and democratic checks and limitations of power.
But I have to keep hammering on this, because you keep ignoring it: the status quo is that things are getting worse - so voting for the status quo, is voting that things should keep getting worse. People understand this. As long as there is no leftist alternative, things will keep creeping further towards fascism - slower when the centrists are in power, and faster when they’re not.
Decades ago, Trump’s extreme policies regarding border security would never have been necessary because there would never have been a flood of illegal migrants. In the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement began. Even nonwhite US citizens faced discrimination.
No, politics too far to the left produces far-right parties. One of Trump’s top campaign issues was tougher border security. The AfD party is becoming popular because of its anti-immigration stance. It has been stopped by Merz’s centrist views.