Two Economic Plans compared by Moody's Analytics

[SleeplessinSoCal]

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. bah, elitist sciency types...everyone knows that the best way to govern is through ideology alone.

It worked for the Soviet Union. (rolls eyes)

[SleeplessinSoCal]

2. And other information we should know about.

Of course they did.

GOP planted a time bomb in their 2017 tax cut bill -bill-that-will-actually-raise-most-peoples-taxes-nobel-economist

https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/republicans-planted-a-time-bomb-in-their-2017-tax-cut-bill-that-will-actually-raise-most-peoples-taxes-nobel-economist/

[crickets]

6. I saw that yesterday. Could they be any more on brand? Jerks.

Thanks for the link. About the only thing in trump's economic 'plan' is a promise of another tax 'cut' for the middle class. Whoopee.

[crickets]

3. K&R for the post and the discussion.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. crickets crickets.

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5. I know, I was hoping people had a little more to say.

Maybe the daytime crowd will.

My take is that while both Democrats and Repubs read Moody's and the Economist, the Repub crowd tend to be more old guard conservatives. There are fewer wild-eyed, do or die trump fans in the readership, especially as age goes up. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. These are people who are not so "rah-rah! my team!" that they are likely to vote against their own economic interests so blatantly as to vote for trump again. On the other hand, as old guard conservatives they are not necessarily likely to vote for Biden either. Quite a few among them may quietly skip voting for either presidential candidate, but will perhaps bother to show up to vote Repub down ticket depending on the races in their area. It's going to be interesting to see how much of that occurs as the final vote count shakes out.

As for the data, I hope Moody's is right, or even cautious, about their forecast for the economy under Biden. We could all use good news on that front.

Found the report and an article with a little more info, since Dean didn't leave a link:
https://www.moodysanalytics.com/-/media/article/2020/the-macroeconomic-consequences-trump-vs-biden.pdf
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-economic-plan-jobs-trump-republicans-democrats-moodys-create-2020-9

I haven't had enough coffee to read the report yet - it's dense with info - but the article was a breath of fresh air.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. the Republicans have spent years via FNC et al....

...turning "Democrat" into a dirty word and worse vilifying all Democrats. Democrats by contrast vilify actions and various people for their actions. We get specific. They carpet bomb.

The differences of plans ought to be a winning issue, but who even hears about them? Our general discussion page is plastered with Twitter highlights and the peripheral stories about the campaigns. That seems to be the side effect of this batshit crazy monster in the White House.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. A tweet that says something valuable...

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