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red dog 1

(33,269 posts) Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:59 PM Sunday

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke. [View all]

Amazon, which saved B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-04-19T18:01:08.115430Z

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Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke. [View all] red dog 1 Sunday OP

Some of us saw it for what it was when republicans first started waving it around. Biophilic Sunday #1

It was the same thing for the word "deregulation" slightlv Sunday #9

It's ALWAYS been... GiqueCee Sunday #14

It always has been and they know it. The issue is the GOP just hates social programs and walkingman Sunday #2

Yes, the GOP ARE basically racists, slightlv Sunday #10

The gene for pathological selfishness... GiqueCee Sunday #16

I think he would have been one of those psychopaths Farmer-Rick Sunday #24

I agree. GiqueCee Sunday #26

Tech jobs being shed everywhere for AI BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #3

Stupid companies Timewas Sunday #4

Don't disagree other than that was not why Henry Ford introduced the $5 a day wage MichMan Sunday #22

When I hear the term "trickle-down" JoseBalow Sunday #5

Beat me to it! BattleRow Sunday #7

It was never intended to work in practice, only for inducement for gullible americans to sign their futures Scalded Nun Sunday #6

You would have thought when even slightlv Sunday #12

All to prop up their precious stock prices....... lastlib Sunday #8

Recommended. H2O Man Sunday #11

'Trickle-down' tax cuts make the rich richer but are of no value to overall economy, study finds LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #13

45 years of this lunacy Just Jerome Sunday #15

Winning !!! Smokster Sunday #17

Kansas went all in on Trickle Down DenaliDemocrat Sunday #18

It always has been and always will be. Just the term, "Trickle Down" Fla Dem Sunday #19

You've got to wonder why we still put up with this bullshit. Initech Sunday #20

because people keep voting for repukes? Skittles 23 hrs ago #30

it's the ultra-rich pissing on us Skittles Sunday #21

An image worth a thousand words: Dave Bowman Sunday #23

After 40+ years of "trickle-down" moondust Sunday #25

Tax cuts for businesses are very inefficient boosts for the economy for a simple reason unblock Sunday #27

Trickle-down economics is where some folk drink the wine and then pee on your head struggle4progress Yesterday #28

Look at it this way. Morbius Yesterday #29

And it just doesn't work for the economy either Johnny2X2X 20 hrs ago #31

It's voodoo economics SocialDemocrat61 19 hrs ago #32

The joke is so old that the term "trickle-down" was coined by Beausoleil 19 hrs ago #33