# WTF is "MAGA nomics". **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765 "2017-07-21T00:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/1 "2017-07-21T00:10:03Z")
This picture, of a WH press confernce: [https://www.google.com/search?q=maganomics+photo+sanders&rlz=1C1CHBD\_enUS690US690&tbm=isch&imgil=-arVjmYQb5IkpM%253A%253B2EI-PgXU-l4Y9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.joemygod.com%25252F2017%25252F07%25252F20%25252Fsarah-huckabee-sanders-shares-maganomics-visual-aids-briefing-video-cameras-banned%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-arVjmYQb5IkpM%253A%252C2EI-PgXU-l4Y9M%252C\_&usg=\_\_0jPG4KjDeMM3dTSSVk9pqcJfEXs%3D&biw=960&bih=475&ved=0ahUKEwjs3YaNipnVAhVk0oMKHV\_DABUQyjcIOg&ei=bUVxWazzHOSkjwTfhoOoAQ#imgrc=-arVjmYQb5IkpM:](https://www.google.com/search?q=maganomics+photo+sanders&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS690US690&tbm=isch&imgil=-arVjmYQb5IkpM%253A%253B2EI-PgXU-l4Y9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.joemygod.com%25252F2017%25252F07%25252F20%25252Fsarah-huckabee-sanders-shares-maganomics-visual-aids-briefing-video-cameras-banned%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-arVjmYQb5IkpM%253A%252C2EI-PgXU-l4Y9M%252C_&usg=__0jPG4KjDeMM3dTSSVk9pqcJfEXs%3D&biw=960&bih=475&ved=0ahUKEwjs3YaNipnVAhVk0oMKHV_DABUQyjcIOg&ei=bUVxWazzHOSkjwTfhoOoAQ#imgrc=-arVjmYQb5IkpM:) What in the name of Bleeding Keynes does this portend? Is this the new! improved! economics that will make America great, unlike the outdated kind you find in universities and colleges? Is this a trial Hindenburg, a balloon launched to see how soon it burns up? This can’t be anything good, or sane. So, what? What? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/2 "2017-07-21T00:14:39Z")
It’s a post factual field of study. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/3 "2017-07-21T00:20:57Z")
I got a feeling it’s gonna turn out to be supply-side trickledown again. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/4 "2017-07-21T00:22:14Z")
The Rebuilding of The Great American Economy Through the Sale of MagLights! Where is **dude** when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/5 "2017-07-21T00:22:15Z")
The “next iteration” of Reaganomics, with the goal of 3% economic growth. So say Breitbartians. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/6 "2017-07-21T00:33:28Z")
It’s yet another attempt to decay and strike doubt in otherwise established institutions of sound study and practice. It’s the new snake-oil politics of the Right. Suckers abound. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/7 "2017-07-21T00:38:13Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > …So say Breitbartians. Is that pronounced like “Martians”? or like “barbarians”? ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/8 "2017-07-21T00:42:27Z")
To me, like Martians. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/9 "2017-07-21T01:38:16Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > The “next iteration” of Reaganomics, with the goal of 3% economic growth. So say Breitbartians. Pfft. I could do four percent growth. And make an exercise video for SIX minute abs. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/10 "2017-07-21T01:42:03Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Pfft. I could do four percent growth. And make an exercise video for SIX minute abs. I just read that MAGAnomics is Trump caving on his campaign promise of 4% growth for the US economy. Great minds, yes? ; ) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/11 "2017-07-21T01:53:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Where is **dude** when you need him? You called? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/12 "2017-07-21T01:57:55Z")
It’s what plants crave. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/13 "2017-07-21T03:32:22Z")
Maga Nomikz? She ees Rhussian wooman what makes the pee on Amedikan beezniss-man. Then he get the hat. Ees beink [veddy tasteful hat](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/313149-alec-baldwin-pokes-fun-at-trump-in-russian-maga-hat)… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/14 "2017-07-21T03:37:44Z")
“Its very strong, and promotes growth!” said the VP “It is well.” said the CEO. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/15 "2017-07-21T03:41:25Z")
So, how long to do you figure before someone of the Usual Dipshits looks you straight in the monitor and starts explaining why MAGA nomics is so much better than the socialist bullshit they teach over at the University? ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/16 "2017-07-21T04:06:49Z")
Pretty soon it’ll be _FUBAR’nomics_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/17 "2017-07-21T10:41:54Z")
It’s the study of the economic interactions of MAGATS, right? Here is a common question: “Plot the quantity demanded of two products, Meth and Pabst Blue Ribbon, based upon price sensitivity and elasticity. Are the two products competing or complimentary? If PBR were free, how would that affect the quantity demanded of meth. If meth were free, WHY HAVE YOU NOT FINISHED THIS QUESTION YET AND GOTTEN YOUR SWEET, SWEET BUMPS, BEYATCH?!?” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/18 "2017-07-21T14:15:30Z")
Meth is a hell of a drug. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765/19 "2017-07-21T14:47:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I got a feeling it’s gonna turn out to be supply-side trickledown again. Close but with a slight but significant difference. Traditional trickle down involves giving all the money to the 1% who then piss down on the masses. With MAGAnormics all the wealth goes to Trump and the pissing is outsourced to Russian prostitutes.