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10. Trickle Down Economics in Real-time
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:51 AM
Jan 2018

Time Magazine reported 50+ companies will give investments and bonuses to their employees;

[link:https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5074911/tax-reform-bill-company-investments-bonuses|

Including Boeing;

[link:http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-12-20-Boeing-CEO-Muilenburg-Applauds-Tax-Law-Announces-300-Million-in-Employee-Related-and-Charitable-Investments-to-Spur-Innovation-and-Growth|

Boeing’s 2016 Revenue was $94.571 billion.

What is Boeing’s generous “Employee Related” trickle-down “Investment”?

0.32%

What gets trickle-down to the employee’s pocket?

0

LOL canetoad Jan 2018 #1
When are Liberals going to learn? Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #2
You make a good point ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #3
Trickle-Down economics over-simplifies how money gets redistributed in red counties in Florida. Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #13
Sometimes the homeless shelter, or whatever local organization PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #5
+1 Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #12
If we followed the European educational model of apprenticeships for industry disalitervisum Jan 2018 #4
Yes, and have NJCher Jan 2018 #6
Our educational model is celebrity apprenticeships. dchill Jan 2018 #8
Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #9
There you go. dchill Jan 2018 #7
Trickle Down Economics in Real-time djacq Jan 2018 #10
A little math lesson is in order. Rocket_Scientist65 Jan 2018 #11
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