Republican Economic Policy

Vote for us: we'll lower your taxes!

Low taxes encourage economic growth and put more money into the hands of hard-working Americans.  That's why Republicans pledge to reduce estate and investment income taxes.

27 Sep 2000 - President Clinton Announces Another Record Budget Surplus (CNN)

After six years of "fiscal conservatism" and Republican control of Congress and the White House:

16 Mar 2006 - Congress sets new Federal Debt Limit: $9 trillion (National Public Radio)

For further information, see http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/, http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm, http://www.la.lp.org/debtclock.htm

Our Motto:  "Borrow and spend and the debt will end"

?   How concentrated is wealth in the United States?  (Source: http://www.osjspm.org/101_wealth.htm)

• The top 1% now own more than the bottom 90%.   Hallelujah!
• In the 22 years between 1976 and 1998, the share of the nation's private wealth held by the top 1% nearly doubled, going from 22% to 38%
• The top 10% own 71% of all private wealth.
• Among the industrialized nations, the U.S. has the highest concentration of individual wealth -- roughly 3 times that of the No. 2 nation, Germany. (UN Human Development Report, 1998)

Distribution of Net Worth, 1998 Source: Edward N. Wolff, "Recent Trends in Wealth Ownership, 1983-1998," April 2000. Table 2. Available on the website of the Jerome Levy Economics Institute at www.levy.org/docs/wrkpap/papers/300.html

Facts about Wealth