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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames

How are corporate bailouts are supply-side economics?

Giving money to suppliers = supply side. Giving money to consumers = demand side.

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Ya when those guys come home they are still going to be soliders. America will have to feed, house and pay them until their term is up. They will still need ammunition to shoot and gear to wear out. If they use less that that just means less jobs in the manufactoring sector. As the soliders retire out they will need jobs or else begin their secondary education with the government flipping the bill.

Military related manufactoring jobs have been some of the most stable throughout this economic down turn. It helps that the military uses American companies pretty much exclusively. The cuts will hit middle class workers hard.

So now you're arguing that government spending is good for the economy.

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

The Rockerfeller's and the Trump set use charitable foundations to protect their personal income from the tax man both in life and in death. They control their foundations and do give to worthy causes through them but, they also invest and grow the foundation's money through stocks and other investments. The control of these foundations get passed on to their children which gives their children both income and power because of the millions or billions of dollars controlled by these charities. This should be changed. Charitable foundations should only be allowed to hold a small percentage of invested funds.

I could be mistaken, but once the money goes into a charitable foundation, isn't it permanently set aside for charity? I don't see why these should be considered the same as personal wealth.