Countering Rhetoric
Dr. Austin Houldsworth
Countering Rhetoric implements a neoliberal notion of redistribution by proposing a new function for money that renders income tax redundant, directly redistributing wealth between people’s bank or savings accounts. In doing so, the system transforms trickle-down economics from rhetoric into reality. Friedrich Hayek, Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan would be proud.
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