I can't help the fact that people are stupid. Seriously.
Stupid? No. But you CAN help that they are uneducated. Seriously. FUND EDUCATION.
It's also worth noting that the gap between educated and uneducated is widening. Also, the less educated you ware, the less likely it is that you will identify with liberal policies. Sadly, the less educated the population, the better off a conservative agenda is. That can't be good for any ideology.
http://www.people-press.org/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/I can find you a poll where people can't even name one book. (Alright, it was one of those man on the street videos, not a poll.)
Sadly, this too correlates well to education. If you did not attend college, you are in the highest demographic of people who do not read. Even more troubling, our President proudly proclaims his lack of reading. The decline in reading is widespread:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/23/who-doesnt-read-books-in-america/And I can guarantee that I got more from the Trump tax cut (at least temporarily) than I did from the $1000 Obama gave me.
That may be, but economists are still dubious about the sales pitch given for the GOP Tax Cuts and increased deficits. The micro effect is irrelevant, its the macro that tax policy considers. Giving most Americans $1k results in immediate spending and an economic bump (the merits of such a short term thing can be debated). Turns out giving more money to the people who already have most of the money doesn't usually do much.
The Trump tax cuts aren’t trickling down yet. Key business spending indicators are actually going in the wrong direction. Instead of investing the money or paying workers more just for fun, the cash is sitting, buying back stock, or going to investors.
Here’s what businesses did with Trump tax-cut windfall. Hint: they didn’t spend it. Tax revenues were down over $100 Billion, but less than 3% of that made its way back into the economy from increased dividends or business spending. Most of the money is just being hoarded (adding to the piles of cash already on many balance sheets).
Investment Boom From Trump’s Tax Cut Has Yet to Appear. It turns out lowering the tax incentive to invest money doesn't encourage companies to invest more money. And if investing money previously would have resulted in greater profits - then they would have invested more money. "Gee, I know I could make another billion... but Uncle Sam would take 35% of it, so I don't even want to so I'll just sit on a pile of cash. Wait? He's only going to take 25%, well golly-gee, then I say we make more money!"
Have The Trump Tax Cuts Supercharged The Economy? The Data Don't Show It. The economy is essentially growing at the same rate it did under Obama (recent growth was actually revised down further, but why nit pick?), its just now we have much larger deficits.
It's early. Things could change of course. But the longer it takes for the "super charge" affect to take hold, the harder it is to correlate it to the piles of tax revenue given back to the largest companies and wealthiest people.
It's never really worked before, and before the call was always that we just needed MORE tax cuts. Eventually, our taxes would be so low everyone would be rich and the government would be stocked full of cash. It worked for Kansas, Oklahoma, and the USA - right? Another round or two of tax cuts for those that have money and we will finally have enough tax revenue to be fiscally conservative.
