• criitz@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    He’s a libertarian, not a republican. I don’t think they support trickle-down policies per se.

    • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      Pure libertarians do not support the existence of a body with the kind of authority required to implement that sort of economic bullshittery.

      It’s important to remember that the horrid thing that Americans generally know as libertarianism was simply the right wing of their political system co-opting the NAME alone in the mid 20th century. It’s not at all representative of actual libertarianism from any stream.

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        11 months ago

        Pure libertarians do not support the existence of a body with the kind of authority required to implement that sort of economic bullshittery.

        Trickle-down is when you don’t do something (tax the rich) so you don’t need any organization to carry it out.

        Libertarians want to eliminate the IRS, which means leaving billionaires to hoard more wealth without giving back.