Comments on: Trickle Down Economics http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/trickle-down-economics/ Economics Blog - current events and economics essays Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Randy R Cox http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/trickle-down-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5378 Randy R Cox Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:24:42 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/trickle-down-economics/#comment-5378 I can see cutting taxes if they are onerous and the capital investment in the country is lacking. I challenge a supply sider to explain how lowering taxes is going to create jobs when inventories are full and production capacity is idle. Why would they invest in new production equipment when what they already have is idle? Why would they add to their unsold inventory? Doesn't make sense; doesn't happen! I can see cutting taxes if they are onerous and the capital investment in the country is lacking.

I challenge a supply sider to explain how lowering taxes is going to create jobs when inventories are full and production capacity is idle.

Why would they invest in new production equipment when what they already have is idle? Why would they add to their unsold inventory?

Doesn’t make sense; doesn’t happen!

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