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JHB

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12. Skyward-suck economics

Reply to bagelsforbreakfast (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 03:01 PM

Nov 2017

The near-religious view that ultimate good is to send money skyward: as much as possible, as fast as possible, as high as possible. Any impediment, any bottleneck, anything that slows that process down is an anathema. Call those impediments Liberalism, socialism, even communism, but any constraint on maximized profit is a threat to The Way Things Ought To Be.

After all, it’s not “redistribution” if you call it “maximized profit” and “dividends”, right?

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Do we need a term to counter "Trickle-down economics"? Perhaps leaky-balloon [View all] bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 OP

A pharse for the old days, Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #1

"the American people are tired of being trickled on." raging moderate Nov 2017 #2

It should be Piss Down on social media maxrandb Nov 2017 #3

"Piss on the Poor" Tansy_Gold Nov 2017 #6

And the Middle Class maxrandb Nov 2017 #8

1% kind of encompasses it. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #4

Deluge-up economics hurl Nov 2017 #5

Welcome to DU, Hurl! n/t KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #11

Theftenomics Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #7

Kleptonomics? lastlib Nov 2017 #28

I think trickle-down already has a negative connotation Redleg Nov 2017 #9

I call it Flood-Up/Trickle-Down Economics. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #10

Skyward-suck economics JHB Nov 2017 #12

the rich get richer & the rest of us get trickled down on Motley13 Nov 2017 #13

Nah I think we just need to change the definition: Initech Nov 2017 #14

Yep! That's pretty much exactly what it is. smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #22

How about 30 years of bullshit initiated by a senile man? ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #15

IT. HAS. NEVER. TRICKLED. DOWN.....EVER. spanone Nov 2017 #16

Let's call it what it is, "Treasury Theft" L. Coyote Nov 2017 #17

INCOMPETENT INCONTINENCE ! n/t BamaRefugee Nov 2017 #18

It already has negative connotations. But "tinkle-down economics" works, pnwmom Nov 2017 #19

The original was called the Horse and the Sparrow. safeinOhio Nov 2017 #20

I got mine, piss on you. Pathwalker Nov 2017 #21

Just look at kanasas Gothmog Nov 2017 #23

We already have a name: Voodoo economics. MGKrebs Nov 2017 #24

GHW was NOT a hero in this fight, as I recall. Greybnk48 Nov 2017 #27

Ross Perot called it Voo Doo economics in the 90's. Greybnk48 Nov 2017 #25

Piss-On-The-Peons Economics Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #26

lying bullshit works for me vlyons Nov 2017 #29

Supplied-Shite Economics. HughBeaumont Nov 2017 #30

Grand Larceny via tax code meow2u3 Nov 2017 #31

Inverse robin hood economics Calculating Nov 2017 #32

Trickle up Break time Nov 2017 #33