Are Tax Cuts to Business a Jobs Program?
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 04:34 |
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NPR told its listeners that they are this morning in its top of the hour news segment. It described President Obama's proposal to allow businesses to have 100 percent expensing of new investment as a "jobs program." In fact, the vast majority of the investment that will qualify for this credit would have taken place in any case.
I am petitioning NPR to have my plan for tax cuts to Dean Baker labeled as a jobs program.
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NPR is uniformally wrong in their so called economic reporting, what some old timers might call editorials. Yesterday I was told by the NARealtors on NPR that the financial crisis, and today's economy, was caused by dishonest borrowers that took advantage of naive mortgage underwriters.
Where oh where has demand and income (jobs) gone ? I can't think of one cause or reason. Slate is doing an interesting series of articles on the effects of polarization of wealth and income in the US. Interesting because it agrees (so far) with my views, perhaps, unlike the deluge of swill published by FOX nation.
Eventually, even the economists will capitulate and admit their neo-prescriptions are toxic.