See: Sweden, Norway, France, other social democratic countries. Look at their poverty rates and education/healthcare standards. Right wing economics is an utter failure. The wealth does not "trickle down", the superrich are lying scoundrels, not "job creators". Ronald Reagan sent America down a path of failure, he just happened to have been elected during economic recovery. Frankly, I don't understand conservatives. Their psuedoeconomics has been debunked many times already, and the "family values" garbage is a euphemism for an authoritarian state that regulates drugs, marriage, and many other personal choices. Oh, and they are happy to take your money to send troops to kill random people in a third world shithole.