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> He said a lot of things... often contradictory.

Agreed, but massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy are something he campaigned on and delivered on, like it or not (I surely didn't like it).

> And his growth rate hasn't been particularly different than Obama's despite the super stimulus of deficit spending during a non-recession.

On main street and the overall economy, sure, the growth rate hasn't been much better, and wealth and income inequality haven't reduced [1], although they didn't reduce under Obama either.

On Wall St however, growth has been blockbuster since his election (S&P up more than 30%) with investors reaping the rewards of stock buybacks and lower overall taxes. A good deal of this rise was right after his election, on the expectation of the tax cuts that eventually passed. The stock market is what crashed. Main street might follow, we'll see.

> Maybe it was the trade war or maybe there's just a limit to giving corporations huge tax cuts when they're already awash in abundant profits and capital.

I think we're in agreement here. The massive tax cuts to corps and wealthy people are what juiced the market and set expectations sky high. The trade war probably didn't help either.

1. https://www.cbpp.org/income-concentration-at-the-top-has-ris...

https://www.cbpp.org/share-of-wealth-held-by-wealthiest-1-pe...



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