What are "the handouts" you speak of that disincent people to get jobs?
This the old meme about "welfare queens"?
You're completely wrong here. Giving businesses more money in no way "creates jobs." Increased demand for labor creates jobs. There are lots of factors that contribute to that variable, but generally increased consumer demand for whatever it is the company sells will increase demand for labor (granted there are variables like automation, globalization, etc. that factor in, but the amount of taxes the owners pay or the business pays are more or less at the bottom of the list). I would like to think anyone who holds a degree from UVA would know that a company turning more of a profit because on liability reduced doesn't mean it goes out and hires more workers, and especially a given that the CEO's individual tax burden changing has NO EFFECT AT ALL on the company hiring more workers.
Meanwhile giving cash and credit strapped people "stimulus" money to go out and spend it right into our consumer economy undoubtedly boosts demand. Which has a positive influence on demand for labor, contributes to GDP growth, etc. It has nothing to do with "dependency" (I would bet you've never met someone on public assistance if you believe people love collecting welfare checks to get out of working -- and you seem wholly oblivious to how welfare works on the federal level) and everything to do with consumer demand.
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Posted: 02/09/2018 at 10:15AM