Bleedin' Piss! ... Just spilled-over me beer from laughing!
... Biden surely could fit all his economic success
into a thimble -- and still have room for his thumb.
#### Salty
Originally Posted by Salty Again
It's true Salty! The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017 cut the corporate tax rate, so that America went from having the highest corporate rate in the developed world to the middle of the pack. The GILTI tax on foreign income realized by American corporations and provisions to encourage repatriation of cash from overseas were perhaps just as important in bringing jobs back to America from foreign countries.
Now it didn't happen instantaneously. You don't close down an operation in Ireland for example and move it to Austin the year after a tax cut. That takes time. But take a look at this. These are investing cash flows per share for the S&P 500 going back to 2017, the year before the TCJA took effect. They're negative because they represent money spent, mostly on fixed assets like property, plant and equipment, and intangibles like software.
2017 -141.34
2018 -138.90
2019 -181.10
2020 -214.82
2021 -221.41
2022 -226.86
Investments per annum by the S&P 500 companies have increased by 60% since the TCJA took effect! Fixed Private Investment, another measure which just includes investment in the USA, is up 30%.
And corporate profits resulting from this additional investment in America are kicking in too. In fact, tax receipts on corporate income were the third highest in history in 2022!
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FCTAX
Now those numbers admittedly aren't adjusted for inflation. But total federal receipts as a % of GDP also are up, to the fourth highest level in history in 2022. All under a tax regime last modified by the TCJA.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S
Yes, the Congressional Budget Office estimated federal revenues would drop by about $1.7 trillion over 10 years as a result of the TCJA, when the bill was passed. My bet is it will be less. That's more money left in the hands of the people and businesses, which drive growth in America!
And so what has Bidenomics done for the long term economic health of America? Well, Bidenmomics is like a disease. There was the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan which ignited inflation. Followed by the pork laden Infrastructure Bill, Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS bill, which basically were all corporate welfare. All told, Biden and the Democrats passed legislation that would result in $5 trillion in unfunded spending during the two years they controlled the Presidency, Senate and House. It's called the bankrupting of America. Republicans managed to claw a little of that back with the debt ceiling bill that just passed.