Tag Archives: Trickle Down Economics

What is Coastsplaining?

AL details his life-long struggle against Coastsplaining–and how most of the issues coastal liberals talk about (from immigration to abortion to guns to income inequality) actually affect “flyover country” more directly. Then, I propose that Trickle Down Economics got its earliest start in Plantation Economics.

Tax Cuts Kill Jobs

AL explains how tax cuts kill jobs by 1. cutting government jobs to pay for them 2. giving the government less money to create new jobs (like construction for roads or hiring more teachers), 3. jobs are created by demand for things, which tax cuts don’t create, 4. and it gives already-thriving businesses an unfair… Read More »

What’s the Matter with Alabama?

W-H-Y do poor states vote for Republicans? Alabama Liberal actually has an answer…

Episode 24–Do People Even Want Small Government?

In the conclusion to our trilogy, we ask “Do People Even Want Small Government?” and take aim at Libertarians. Do Libertarians care that a “fair tax” would destroy your economy? Is Trickle Down Economics really just Plantation Economics? Why cut government jobs when contractors usually cost more? Plus, making the Alabamian case for why state’s… Read More »

Episode 3 -Which is More Dangerous: Cruz’s Fearmongering or Rosy Rubionomics?

In the third episode, Alabama Liberal and Blue in Alabama talk about the recent debates and discuss burning questions: Does Ted Cruz know that half of Faux News is from NYC? Do the Republican candidates know that they themselves have immigrant parents? Does Fiorina talk shit about Hillary in her sleep? Does Jeb Bush think… Read More »