Or maybe they think Tim Scott is stupid?

But Tim "seems like a good man. His speech was full of good words."

Heh... quoting Tim there, of course. Gee that does sound stupid... absolutely no doubt about that.

This was my favourite part of the speech, too! I half expected to hear that the Republican cult of economic failure has been officially put out of its misery (and ours), finally and permanently, for good!

Biden being the first American President EVER to say to transgender youth that as President "he has your back."

This is HUGE, but not mentioned as significant by CW or anyone else. Yet it has been one of the BIG headlines in the news all morning, along with the raid and seizure of Rudy's electronic devices.

I should have warned everyone that I was doing a snap-reaction column, and that it'd be late...

Mea culpa.

-CW

Good point, especially about nobody really knowing. Although with the tax rates (corporate or personal) all we have to do is look back farther than the last time they were cut -- should be plenty of data showing businesses an individuals were doing pretty good, back then.

Or maybe I'm missing something... the capital gains thing might be harder, data might not exist, now that I think about it...

-CW

Good point about FDR, fireside chat...

Biden's just so darn folksy. That's going to be an enormous political asset for him for the next 4 years...

-CW

this is admittedly off the cuff, but i'd imagine tax rate has an equilibrium point just as supply and demand do. that being the case, i'm quite certain that at this moment an increase in the top brackets will bring us closer to equilibrium than a decrease.

JL

sorry if i got impatient, had to go to sleep before the column went up, and i didn't realize biden was speaking, much less that he was speaking so late.

JL

That fact however, does NOT translate to allowing us to justifiably conclude that tax INCREASES do not have negative effects of tax revenue.

The thing that assures that Economics cannot be an 'exact' science, such as math or physics, is that there is such a plethora of variables to be taken into account.

Chances are, both of those effects on revenue, positive and negative, depend on the specific details of the nature and the types of tax increase/decreases actually enacted, and damn near nobody is capable of foreseeing the outcomes in advance.

Biden’s speech had a lot in common with an FDR “Fireside Chat.” Nothing lofty, just calmly pitching a political product that might make the listener’s life a bit better during a time of of crisis. Some parallels to Reagan as well.

Or maybe they think Tim Scott is stupid?

Heh.

I kept saying "Have you met Donald Trump?" all during his speech...

-CW

At times, this led to such ridiculous lines that I half thought he was doing some sort of comedy routine.

I know, right!?

Tim Scott stated he was:

* Pulled over while driving "for no reason"
* Followed in stores while shopping
* Called the n-word, "including by liberals"

Also Tim Scott: "America is not a racist country."

Really, Tim? You sure you can't think of even a single little reason you got pulled over? Did the officer not supply you with probable cause? It's generally the first thing an officer will inform you, Tim, so did that officer state you were being pulled over "for no reason" or are you just making that up? Followed in stores while shopping, Tim? Why would anybody do that? You sure you can't think of a single reason somebody would do that to you specifically, Tim? Got called a "n-word," Tim? Why would anybody do that to you, Tim? And called that by a liberal, Tim? In America?

Unpossible!

/sarcasm off

So who's going to help Tiny-Brain Tim to connect the giant honking dots? Or maybe he's really not as stupid as he's acting and is either deeply in denial or just outright lying.

Republicans chose Tim Scott to deliver their response to Joe Biden's speech, and I cannot fathom why. Oh, wait!

So to recap: Republicans think voters are stupid.