I have been bombarded with the nonsense that job creation is stimulated with tax cuts. Can this thread be a list of links about the role the rich have on job growth?

I mistyped the title, I meant to say “Tax Hikes Create Jobs”. In the American economy, the federal reserve determines the interest rate, so it doesn’t create long term economic growth if the rich is allowed to keep more of their income. I guess what I am asking is do the rich create jobs and can I h…

It’s just an oversimplification to say “the rich create jobs” - the only reason we even need to say something like that is that the statists say we need to “tax the rich to create jobs”. How silly that is when the rich already create jobs. The non-rich also create jobs through demand and investment…

Exluding the moral and ethical argument for a moment, if the wealthier Americans and middle class Americans both create jobs, what would you tell a statist advocating the redistrubution of wealth from the upper class to the middle class arguing that it would create more job growth?

I’m not even sure what kind of taxes we’re talking about here. Corporate taxes? Capital gains taxes? Income taxes? These taxes all punish different types of behavior and take money from different points in the process so I think they need to be thought about differently in terms of their effects on…

In addition to the other points raised here, we have to distinguish between parasitic and productive jobs. Sure, if you tax Mr A and use the money to pay Mr B a salary, you may argue that you have created a job. But the job is a govt job, and/or a job that would admittedly would not exist if not fo…

saw this video today… kinda fits this thread [image]

The middle class are the job creators This has the unfortunate attribute of being partly true. What he misses is that the entire economy is an interconnected web of relationships, all of which without exception, are responsible for the ultimate outcome. So, the rich, the poor and the middle class …

Great response, Clayton. This is what I was looking for.

What kinds of investments in the middle class consumer is he talking about?

LOL He uses the chart from this recent thread . Come to think of it…It looks like this video is where the guy got it from.

Tax Cuts Create Jobs??

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saw this video today… kinda fits this thread

Anyone want to help me debunk this???

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