I don't get it
Here's something I have real trouble understanding.
If we start with the premise that Reaganomics (aka, Trickle-down economics) is fundamentally unsound, and does not work (which is more or less provably true).
Given that, how is it that the republican party can cling to Reaganomics as a viable economic theory? The only explanations I can come up with are:
a) They actually believe that it works. The implication here is that they're so woefully uninformed, ignorant, and/or stupid as to be able to believe something so provably false.
b) They are willfully, knowingly, and intentionally lying to the public to line their own pockets. The implications here are obvious.
I have real trouble believing that they're so out of touch as to believe that the economy actually did WELL under Reagan and Bush Sr. Now, I'm sure there's at least SOME high-ranking GOP members who know full well that their policies are ruthlessly sacrificing the non-uber-wealthy to benefit themselves. But all of them? That's difficult to believe as well.
So.. what gives? Are the GOP leaders willfully lying to and fooling everyone else? Is this all a giant conspiracy? Or is the entire right wing just basically brain dead?
If we start with the premise that Reaganomics (aka, Trickle-down economics) is fundamentally unsound, and does not work (which is more or less provably true).
Given that, how is it that the republican party can cling to Reaganomics as a viable economic theory? The only explanations I can come up with are:
a) They actually believe that it works. The implication here is that they're so woefully uninformed, ignorant, and/or stupid as to be able to believe something so provably false.
b) They are willfully, knowingly, and intentionally lying to the public to line their own pockets. The implications here are obvious.
I have real trouble believing that they're so out of touch as to believe that the economy actually did WELL under Reagan and Bush Sr. Now, I'm sure there's at least SOME high-ranking GOP members who know full well that their policies are ruthlessly sacrificing the non-uber-wealthy to benefit themselves. But all of them? That's difficult to believe as well.
So.. what gives? Are the GOP leaders willfully lying to and fooling everyone else? Is this all a giant conspiracy? Or is the entire right wing just basically brain dead?