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Elwood P Dowd

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4. Then you tell them trickle down just adds to the deficit

Reply to KeepItReal (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 02:41 AM

Feb 2015

because of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in lost revenue from tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires who don't even need a fucking tax break. Why in hell does Bill Gates need a tax break when he was already bringing home over 4 million dollars a day before the tax breaks Bush gave out?

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Republican trickle down economic theory even brainwashed Fox News watchers might understand. [View all] Elwood P Dowd Feb 2015 OP

Trickle Up! NBachers Feb 2015 #1

Excellent, simple common-sense metaphor Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #2

They won't stop. They just shift to worrying about the deficit. KeepItReal Feb 2015 #3

Then you tell them trickle down just adds to the deficit Elwood P Dowd Feb 2015 #4

I think this explains it well too MiniMe Feb 2015 #5

Excellent. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #6