Democrats embrace "Modern Supply-Side Economics"

I bet you didn't think that the Democrats, after letting the neo-cons into the party and falling in love with the CIA, could get any worse. Well, you would be wrong.

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The president dropped his first hint in a speech on Jan. 7, in which he said “if car prices are too high right now, there are two solutions: You increase the supply of cars by making more of them, or you reduce demand for cars by making Americans poorer.” He stressed that his administration preferred the first course of action.

Then two weeks later, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen used the term “modern supply-side economics” to describe Build Back Better and Biden’s wider economic agenda.
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New York Times columnist Ezra Klein tweeted an excerpt from the speech with the comment: “Into. My. Veins.”

Klein was understandably excited, as he’s been championing the idea that liberals ought to embrace a version of supply-side thinking. He’s not alone: A host of economists, such as Eli Dourado at Utah State University, have been promoting what they call “progressive supply-side economics.” Miles Kimball at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been writing a blog since 2012 titled Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal.

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Bisbonian's picture

(as defined by their economic policy) battling against "The Farther Right".
I wonder which side will win the hearts and minds of the people in the next election.

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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X

@Bisbonian
All are in the service of the wealthy elite.

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@Bisbonian

It's basically two parties spitting in the faces of America. Should we take bets on which saliva lands the furthest?

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"The war on Gaza, backed by the West, is a demonstration that the West is willing to cross all lines. That it will discard any nuance of humanity. That it is willing to commit genocide" -- Moon of Alabama

Like whatever trickles down from above by the rich folk
smells yellow when it splatters on your head Wink

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Bisbonian's picture

@QMS

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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X

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I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.

the republicans.

Remember how the republicans denied Obama's supreme court choice to later get Federalist Society approved extremist appointees. Now we get this!

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/592933-democrats-seek-to-woo-winnabl...

Within an hour of the news breaking about Justice Stephen Breyer’s intention to retire, GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) got a phone call from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

“He called me to assure me that he would make the nominee available to me and that he would provide me with any documents or information that I needed,” Collins told The Hill about Durbin’s outreach, which she graded as “terrific.”

The White House and top Democrats are working to woo GOP senators, like Collins, as they lay the groundwork for the upcoming Supreme Court fight.

Though Democrats can confirm whomever President Biden nominates without GOP support if they remain unified, it would be the narrowest margin in history for a Supreme Court nominee and only the second, behind Justice Amy Coney Barrett, to be elected entirely by one party.

Biden made his lengthy Senate career a deep part of his presidential campaign, and he’s familiar with the Supreme Court process, having previously served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Biden hosted Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, and Durbin in a high-profile visit, characterizing the meeting as bringing “two good friends down here” to the White House.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also gave the White House high marks for its outreach to Republican senators, including himself.

“I want to give them high marks for reaching out. The White House has done a good job of reaching out to Republicans getting input. I'll give them high marks for that,” Graham said.

Graham also used the call to lobby for Biden to pick J. Michelle Childs, who is currently a federal district judge in South Carolina. Graham predicted that she would get bipartisan support and warned that supporting other nominees being floated would be a “much more problematic” vote for him.

In addition to talking with the White House, Murkowski, Collins and Grassley have all had Durbin reach out to them.

Durbin said that his message to Grassley, in particular, was that there would be “no surprises” and that he would “would never stab him in the back.”

“I want to make this a bipartisan vote for the filling of this vacancy,” Durbin said. “I think it is not only good for the Supreme Court. It's good for the Senate.”

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@humphrey

not so much. But we don't count.
Sheesh. Bipartisan notions are so
last century. The uniparty prevails.

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@QMS

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I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.

@humphrey I didn't know there were any black women candidates from the Federalist Society.

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@humphrey

Republican nominees to the Supreme Court come with the approval of the conservative Federalist Society whereas Democratic nominees rely on the opinion of Susan Collins and Lindsey Graham.

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@humphrey but we know that Americans are the last concern of the WH and the Senate and Congress.

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NYCVG

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@NYCVG Many feel that the middle class has to end for America to be competitive.

Also climate. If everybody in the world owns cars and houses, even motor scooters then think of all the carbon that is produced.

Poverty of the vast majority, truly bestial grinding poverty will reduce use of fossil fuels and allowthe essential workers to keep consuming more and more. Poor People will move to tropical climes, live in the forest and burn wood for fire. Live in tipis and wear loinclothes. This will balance out the rich and their superyachts and business jets.
TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS!
(/SATIRE)

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zed2's picture

Its bullshit. its really trickle up economics, stealing from the poor to give to the rich.

The Reagan era is when the neoliberal scheme to use GATS to destroy public services was cooked up. We've had 30 years of it and its shit.

its a deal between the rich of the world. Wealth is trickling up at dizzying rates. People are unable to sacrifice more. They cant tighten belts.

Will somebody please replace these idiots with a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

They need to be kicked out on their asses.

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ggersh's picture

Supply side economics is VODDOO ECONOMICS

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

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@ggersh

One of GHWs script-writers found "voodoo economics" in the writings of Ayn Rand and simply "appropriated" it.

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There is no justice. There can be no peace.

zed2's picture

The way they put it, they are our biggest problem. Its all the fault of the zombie firms (for not failing on demand).

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usefewersyllables's picture

that they are exactly meeting my expectations- which is to say that they are making things worse at a blinding pace. Woohoo.

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Twice bitten, permanently shy.