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BobTheSubgenius

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9. "Trickle-down economics" is SUCH a bad idea. It's not like you even need a lot of facts and figures.

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sat Mar 13, 2021, 05:41 PM

Mar 2021

If it worked even half as well as its proponents claim, the US economy would have been in glorious shape for decades. But it doesn't, so it's not.

It's a concept that perfectly fits my maxim:

"If billionaires are for it, you should probably be against it."

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Anybody notice Biden's speech yesterday beginning at 19:30 mark? [View all] KS Toronado Mar 2021 OP

I have been trickled on since Ronald Ray Gun Chainfire Mar 2021 #1

"I want to trickle on the rich for a while." ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2021 #5

He's the man for the moment. That passage in the speech... brush Mar 2021 #2

Yes I did, it was a transformative speech drray23 Mar 2021 #3

Trickle up - No More Trickle Down NBachers Mar 2021 #4

Guy that made that sign is a genius KS Toronado Mar 2021 #20

People may have had a different reaction if they'd walked into the men's room at work & saw that guy NBachers Mar 2021 #21

It is a new paradigm, indeed. dalton99a Mar 2021 #6

It's because Trickle Down is inefficient. WarGamer Mar 2021 #15

This thread nails it malaise Mar 2021 #7

+++ KPN Mar 2021 #13

It took over 40 years. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2021 #14

Tell me about it malaise Mar 2021 #16

The campaign behind the Rescue Act has just started. Politicub Mar 2021 #8

"Trickle-down economics" is SUCH a bad idea. It's not like you even need a lot of facts and figures. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #9

Yes! wryter2000 Mar 2021 #10

Supply-side vs demand-side CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #11

Your last paragraph nails it. That's republican-think to a T. brush Mar 2021 #12

I've been reading something that might explain where he's going. ancianita Mar 2021 #17

This book looks fascinating; thanks for that. crickets Mar 2021 #18

Thanks for the article. I'm now on Chapter 6. These ideas are out there today. They just need ancianita Mar 2021 #19