trickle-down economics is cool again!

I was listening Jason Lewis yesterday… and he said something that really fascinated me.  He was arguing with some caller over the auto bailout and their insistence that subsidizing that industry would benefit us all in the future… and he made a great point about economic theory:

how is it so many people won’t believe in trickle-down theory when you cut taxes…

but they are the first to believe it when you subsidize something…???

I had recently made a similar point, but Jason really brought it into the realm of economics and theory.  The next time liberals support a bailout… know this, they have just unwitingly bought into trickle-down economic theory.  The only difference is that when you subsidize, you can CONTROL… when you cut taxes, you let the market work better.   But this shouldn’t surprise anyone, now, should it?  Democrats live and breathe control over our economy.

I believe this is a huge gift that has just been given conservatives… tax cuts can now be defended via democrat’s own actions… and we can distinguisy our policies as being oriented around FREEDOM, not control.  Let’s hope our elected conservative leadership pick up on this gold mine of debate.