They are going to occur anyway over the coming years, it's just who's in a better position to make them less painful.
Hillary Clinton win = what for the economy?
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They are going to occur anyway over the coming years, it's just who's in a better position to make them less painful.
Then read her plan on her web site if you really give a shit! Yeah, she should have spent more time on a lot of things, but time was limited, wasn't it? She actually said a lot more than The Donald.
What short-term pain? Immediate tax cuts across the board? That's you're definition of pain? That's just my definition of stupid.
As for the long term, there would be no long term with Trump's plan.
Did you read up on Kansas at all?
Clinton will push for raising the cap on social security contributions as a primary way to adjust for changing demographics. This is an excellent way to adjust. She may also push for a small increase in the contribution rate. The Trustees, several years ago, were requesting a 1 cent employer/employee rate increase. Haven't looked to see if that figure has been adjusted up. I suspect it has, since Congress failed to act in a timely manner on the Trustees recommendation.
There will likely be a push to modify Obama care: On the table will be the Public option again (a step toward single payer!), and making health care access independent of employment (should have been that way to begin with). There may even be a push to repeal McCarran- Ferguson, which would be a giant leap forward.
Whether anything can be accomplished is going to depend on the make-up of the House and Senate after the election. Vote democrat if you want to see Obamacare fixed and a balanced budget. The democrats will raise taxes a small amount, a few percent probably graduated, on high income families and individuals, but not by as much as is needed. They will not raise taxes on ordinary incomes other than the possible exception of a small increase in the payroll tax. Remember that that portion of the payroll tax that goes to Social Security is, for the vast majority, an investment rather than a tax, i.e., the ROI, on average, is positive. Vote Republican if you want low taxes and more 'defense' spending, i.e., dramatically higher deficits, and eventually higher inflation and long term costs.
The democrats won't put much of a check on wasteful DOD spending and harmful, useless wars, but they will be much better at holding the defense industry in check than the Republicans. If you work for the defense industry, vote Republican, if not vote Democrat.
The democrats and Republicans will both push for immigration reform, but they won't agree on how to do it. The Republicans will block every Supreme court nominee until the exasperated Senate Majority leader changes the rules to prevent a further filibuster on court nominees. The Republicans will cry "foul." despite having left the Democrats with no choice. In this way, the Republicans, having blown their chances to agree on a less "liberal" appointee, are guaranteed to get a rotten appointee, from their perspective. Could even be a black or an Hispanic or possibly a 'communist' female.. Vote for Trump if you want to keep 'horrible' people, like women, off the court.
The Republicans will continue their scorched Earth policy and do what they can to make a mess of any democrat initiatives and legislation that might squeak through.
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It's the difference between going on to steroids long term (Clinton) or having an operation and going in to recovery (Trump).
The steroids work if the underlying problem is not serious, risk mitigation. It is quoted that more serious events are better to take the pain quickly.
So the general view in this thread is that there are no systemic events on the horizon, interesting.
Nothing of what I've read disproves my point. Why not just raise taxes up to 90% of income if they are so good for the economy?
Some sodium in your body is required for it to function properly. Too much can kill you. There is a relevant range that your body needs to maintain, below and above which you run into trouble. If you have no concept of relevant ranges then there is no point in continuing this exchange with you. Buh-bye.
black swan events are neutral events by definition. some events inflict pain and others create pleasure. mostly they do both. it depends where you stand.
e.g. a stock meltdown is a disaster for someone about to retire but for a young person it is a wonderful opportunity to invest.
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TOTAL BS!
Hellary is talking, "higher taxes.... more muslim savages". And Putin prefers a Trump victory as he's concerned Hellary will "throw a hissy fit and start a nuclear war." Nothing "long term gain" in any of that!
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lmao this is what republicans actually believe