verslagen1 wrote on 09/28/16 at 08:38:53:LostArtist wrote on 09/28/16 at 08:05:28:justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/27/16 at 18:15:13:Cutting corporate taxes decreases operating costs.
That's gonna COST jobs?
Even democrats aren't that stupid.
You 're an independent!
Independent of logic and rationale and basic sanity..
you seem to think a company that cutting costs will spread the wealth by increasing wages or hiring more people or something... no, they don't actually do that. the ONLY way jobs increase is if DEMAND for that product increases, cutting costs DOES NOT create jobs. it might, at best save a few jobs until the inevitable happens.
cutting costs does NOTHING to spur growth or hiring
you're buying some right wing trickle down BS, keep that trickle stuff to yourself
Ok, so he knows what demand is... but not how to create it.
If it's a commodity, you create demand by dropping price.
You can do that by dropping overhead... TAXES.
But of course you're ok with increasing overhead by mandating $15/hr.
If it's not a commodity, then you need to increase more esoteric qualities such as quality, appearance, etc.
You can do that by training your employees or just hiring more skilled labor. Both increase costs.
Or you invest in new tech that automates the process and give everyone the boot.
Or you could invest in a politician and work a deal thru NAFTA or TPP and get some 3rd world labor.
why wouldn't you take the tax savings and invest in new tech to automate the whole thing and give everyone the boot?? guess what, still out of JOBS'
oh and NAFTA had MAJORITY REPUBLICAN/conservative support, and was signed into law by G. H. W. Bush, not Clinton
oh, and you can drop price anytime, with or without reduced costs, Telsa hasn't sold one vehicle at above cost YET. Amazon didn't make a profit for the first 10 years of it's existence, etc...
smart businesses play the LONG game, but almost ALL businesses here only play the short game, quarterly earning reports to make Wall-Street and stock owners happy
and to be clear, I'm not 100% sold on a minimum wage, $15 or otherwise, different regions have different cost of living, I am convinced that wages should be tied to the economy in more substantial ways, maybe via profit sharing or a tie to inflation or something rather and simple company/market whimsy.
there's a LOT of variables, also, I don't think I said I was against cutting taxes for corporations, I just highly doubt the positive outcome that all the conservatives seem to think are a given, trickle down, DOES NOT WORK.