The one fact that refutes economic conservatism
David Atkins
This alone, in cartoon form, should be enough to to demolish the entire foundation of economic conservatism:
Every reason we are told that austerity is needed, that people must suffer, that the rich must get richer and that policies must be more “pro-business” is predicated on a hypercompetitive world in which American corporations must force the government and their employees to make sacrifices in order to stay competitive.
Record corporate profits and record executive pay disprove that notion entirely, and with it the entire conservative economic argument.
That more Democrats don’t cite this more often is proof of the capture of our electoral system by corporate interests.
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