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Cartoon: can you spot the Job Creator? (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2012
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zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)1. Wealth Creators
I know this will irritate the economists around here, but I always maintain that the only people that actually "create wealth" are in essence parents. Without consumers, there is no demand and without demand there is no "wealth".
Unfortunately, I'm the only person that thinks this way.
bluerum
(6,109 posts)2. No. You are not alone.
midnight
(26,624 posts)3. This picture comes to mind every time I see the bumper sticker that tax cuts create jobs...
KansDem
(28,498 posts)4. After 30 years of "trickle down" and 10 years of Bush tax cuts...
...we can clearly see the folly in that statement. Yet GOP candidates still claim cutting taxes will create jobs!
Once again, what was Einsteins definition of insanity?
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)5. You Mean...
...that the best definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
Was that Einstein? I always heard that that came from Ben Franklin.
PEACE!
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)6. Saw this one on Facebook yesterday