Michael Ramirez for May 05, 2021

As usual — Ramirez get’s it WRONG!! AGAIN!! Ramirez must be making over 400K/yr!!

/SHEESH/

Conservatives are so dumb they think “recession” = “global competitiveness”.

So does taking on debt to fund tax cuts for wealthy people.

Gee, same thing they said about the Clinton tax increases and they were wrong then, too.

What global competitiveness? We are teetering on the brink of becoming the third world country that the GQP wants us to be.

Keep harping on that one point, Michael, you don’t seem to have another.

Really? I seem to remember lowest unemployment in decades, especially among minorities, best economy in decades, gas prices about 80c a gallon lower than today, security at the border, covid vacs in record time (No, Biden didn’t do that). I could go on, but you aren’t going to agree, so what the Hell. 2022 around the corner.

Trickle down economics has been proven over and over again to be a failure. We need to restore the middle class to be a strong economy—that includes having everyone pay their fair share in taxes. We are all tired of billionaires and huge corporations paying nothing

Again, spending trillions on wars is no problem at all, of course. I imagine Mr. R is upset we’re leaving Afghanistan too. Republicans love pouring money down ratholes.

Given that both W’s and Trump’s presidencies ended with massive job losses and recessions, I would say that the only thing we have to worry about is if another Republican becomes President,

Anyone opposing this is protecting the rich. Don’t be fooled.

W. R. O. N. G. !

Wrong again, Mikey!

Captain Oblivious! Hilarious!!! But maybe a little too on the nose. I’m not sure you can call him oblivious to doing the same destructive things for decades.

Inflation will do that. Thanks, Uncle Joe!

As Shakespeare said, the fault lies not in the stars, but ours.

Ramirez is oblivious to the damage all this debt could bring us . . .very unlike a true conservative . . .we need the taxes on the wealthy to be even higher

Note the qualifier.. “may”.. We may get hit with an asteroid as well.. but the odds are we won’t. In spite of the whining.. the odds are that these “tax increases” won’t spell doom for the US either.. There are other active forces at play that will.

Captain Obvious would point out that big tax breaks for the rich, and “trickle down”, have both proven not to work…

I was a little worried about Mike after yesterday’s toon, but he is back on message and God is in his Heaven.

I think some of the commentators missed it… Captain Oblivious not Captain Obvious…….

If you make less than 100K you won’t have to pay federal tax.

Amazon made 85 billion and paid no tax.

ALL [income] tax increases are GIANT, right Ramirez?

Even those that apply ONLY to the portion of income over 400K.

And patriotic multinational corporations are barely making a profit these days, correct?

How is that obvious, Captain?

Let me see if I have this right. Raising taxes to bring in more revenue causes revenue to go down while cutting taxes which decreases revenue will cause revenue to go up. I think I have stepped through the Looking Glass.

I mean Trickle Down Tax Cuts for wealthy economics definitely increased global competition, grew jobs, sped up the recovery and grow federal revenue. Oh wait. It led to inflated stock market as result of corporate stock buybacks, overseas cheap labor replacing domestic jobs, stagnant economic recovery, smaller middle working class, larger government loans, and grew both our deficit and debt with massive military defense spending against small federal revenue (due to tax cuts). Enough with the BS, Ramirez.

Ramirez is looking in the rearview mirror again, that was the last President who did those things.

OR, they might very well help balance the federal budget, reduce the level of income inequality and help save the planet for future generations. Just sayin’.

What’s a vast economic thinker like yourself doing reading the comics?

Actually, the exact opposite. Look at history and you’ll not only see, but might actually learn something. Stop worrying about rich people paying taxes, they’ll still be rich.

Ramirez … The Ultimate Fighter for the Ultra Rich!

The key word here, the one that turns this from a giant lie into a “liar’s truth” is “may”. Because it allows for “won’t” which is probably the truth. IF the analyses I’ve seen are correct, then the tax increases — which are NOT “giant” and which target only the top 1% or so of citizens: Those whose income is more than $400,000 per year — will pay for programs that actually increase our global competitive edge, add (lots of) jobs and speed the recovery. Oh yeah: together the increased taxes and the cost of those programs: Revenue neutral (or even positive, if the more optimistic projections come true).

PS: This doesn’t even fully roll back Trump’s tax DECREASES.

Texas Republican admits GOP ‘hates a good hunk of America’ — and cares more about ‘owning libs’ than policy

https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-hate-americans-gop-candidate/

Tax increases decrease Federal revenue? My maths must be out of whack.

Because we all know the best way to compete is to not invest in anything and primarily focus on squabbling among ourselves over short-term profits.

If that’s what it actually did Republicans would be all for it. They want Democrats to fail, no matter what it does to our economy or how many people have to die. Their greatest fear is democratic success.

Check out John Darkow’s cartoon for 5-5-21 Q: “Why are you taxing the rich?” A: “That’s where the money is.” Neoliberalism has been cutting taxes, starving federal revenue, and destroying American jobs for forty years. Obviously the rich are very happy.

Sorry, wrong again, Emily.

There’s plenty of history that contradicts these “conservative” fables. E.g., what happened to investment, commercial activity, and employment levels when Trumpsie cut a trillion or two out of the taxes paid corporations and high earners? Exactly nothing! (Except that the already-rich got even richer, which may actually have been the point.)

The marginal income tax rate during the Eisenhower years, by general consent the most prosperous in history, was 94%. Strange.

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