If tax cuts for the rich improve the economy, why is the economy in horrible shape?

The words "global business/markets" might answer your question. Countries like China and India have been the primary focus of US corporations over the past few decades, and very little has been contributed on their part to our nation's job growth. Corporations that outsource made huge profits last year alone.

You could offer them all the tax breaks in the world and it still won't do much for job growth here or improve the low wages Americans are forced to take. I would think, tax breaks, raising the debt ceiling, etc.. won't change anything in regards to the unemployment or economic problem. I don't claim to be an economist.

But, even prior to this Recession/Depression, many businesses were heavily investing elsewhere rather than in the US. Why would they changes those practices now? When there's so much money to be made.

Unless, CEOs have this sudden rush of Patriotic fervor and decide to return to the days of "made in America" in order to help their fellow citizens, and country out, things will continue as it is presently. It seems that if the Recession is to be handled properly, then, "business as usual" practices are going to have to change by establishing a new type of system or rewrite current business policies. Although, neither party would feel comfortable with it.

Because the whole thing is a lie. The wealthy who are getting the majority of the breaks use the extra money that comes their way to fatten their portfolios, not to create jobs. Most of them aren't in a position to create jobs and,even if they were, the choice for them is pocketing the money as income or plowing it back into the company which is usually an investment group (hedge fund) or huge multinational with a business plan in place which minimizes the costs of labor and raw materials by offshoring and maximizes profit.

The biggest error that's made is not thinking that tax cuts will create jobs. It's the assumption that the people getting the tax cuts care about the U.S. and her citizens and will do what's good for the country.

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