Quote (boognis @ Apr 30 2014 11:58am)
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I believe that if we don't tax the rich that they will hoard all the assets they can, causing economic stagnation. If we do tax the rich, and give to the poor, the poor will recirculate that money, although by buying consumable products and trashing the environment.
Roosevelt failed to meaningfully tackle the depression, your infograph is wrong. The depression continued until the advent of the Second World War.
Lower taxes do not create bubbles, misallocated resources do, as well as the cyclical debt/credit cycle, and an eventual crash is just the flushing out of those bad investments.
Deregulation and lower taxes led to explosive economic growth in the 80s to the present. JFK to Reagan to Clinton to Bush were all a part of it. The idea that lowering taxes led to an immediate recession a year later is as ridiculous as it sounds.
The wealthy don't hoard, that's generally something only the uneducated poor do.
They invest and either spend or reinvest profit.
Clearly they should be taxed because we need to raise revenues and fund programs, but the idea that a 90% tax on the wealthy is "good for the economy" is a farce. No credible economist believes that.