Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending

Re:Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending by bediger4000 on Friday February 14, 2025 @10:35AM (#43049399)

Conservatives can't raise taxes. It's an article of faith, very literally, that taxes are bad, and that lowering taxes raises tax revenue.

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Re:Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending by toomuchtodo on Friday February 14, 2025 @10:39AM (#43049454)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Americans_for_... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform

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Re:Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending by dave4420 on Friday February 14, 2025 @10:56AM (#43049707)

I don’t know what Republicans are these days, but they aren’t economic conservatives. That they think the Laffer curve kicks in at the level taxes are today is one of the giveaways.

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