Giving companies more money (loans, tax-breaks) only increases investor payouts, not expansion

No, there aren’t. There are bad, illogical arguments saying that – the Trickle Down theory, for example – but economic theory and actual history prove otherwise.

The only thing that creates jobs is demand for more product/service than can adequately be offered by the existing employees. That means more of the money currently available needs to flow through consumers.

Within that situation, the only thing that creates incentive for investing in expansion – more machinery, another company location, adding a new product or service – is making profit expensive enough that reinvesting in the company is a smarter way to build equity and value. That means higher taxes on company profits.

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