Thread by @JeffRoushPoetry

Republicans claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility. They claim that this comes from their policy preferences for lower taxes at the top and less spending for the larger population. Some of them probably believe it. They are wrong. (Thread)
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Lowering taxes, by itself, increases deficits. This shouldn’t be a radical notion. If you reduce income, you either have less room in your budget, or you need to replace it. Less money coming in is less money coming in.

Republicans argue that this basic math is complicated by the magic of economics. If the “job creators” have more money to work with, it will trickle through the system. But we have a wealth of information, so to speak, showing that it doesn’t work.
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So the other argument: even if it doesn’t create wealth that distributes, we should cut spending so the budget deficits that tax cuts create can balance out. This will encourage people to work harder, and thus contribute to the economy themselves.

But what do they want to cut? Programs that help with urgent needs, emergency care, food for children and needy families. They want to pay for billions more for wealthy individuals and large corporations by taking food from the mouths of those extra wealth never reaches.

This doesn’t encourage competition. It ensures that many will never have the ability to reach their potential, while preserving competitive advantages for the already-wealthy. It’s welfare for the wealthy and repression of the rest.

I can guarantee you a million poor kids out there have more potential than Eric and Don Jr. I guarantee you a million poor kids had more potential than Trump. But the poor are fighting to make ends meet, while the Trump family has been working to extract even more from others.

Democrats want to lift that floor up, to give more people the opportunity to compete. It’s far from the “socialism” label the right likes to apply; it’s broadening the competitive landscape—in a way an entrenched oligarchy would hate to see.

So yes, we want to help those in need. We want more people to have a chance at their version of the American dream. We want a greatness for America that comes from and for its people, rather than preserving it for a few who have not had to fight just to get to the table.

For all of the talk of fiscal responsibility, Republicans are working to keep America’s greatness from helping others—and to keep most Americans from contributing their best to it.

Biden, with the benefit of a fully democratic Congress for two years, has built the greatest economy in the world, while reducing deficits from Trump’s presidency. Think what he can do if we keep him in office and restore that Democratic majority.

If what you want is for your boss to have more power over you, you should vote for republicans. But if you want more opportunity for more people to stand on their feet and rise from there, democrats are the only party today that will help you work for that. #VoteBlueIn2024