The middle class have to work harder for their money, than the rich do.

[The Backlash Cometh]

That's what capitalism is all about.

Clare Huxtable, paraphrased: Rich people let their money work for them. Everybody else has to work for their money.

For anyone who has ever lived in a Latin American country, where the top 10 percent own 90 percent of the resources, you'll understand where the Republicans in America are trying to lead us. Where there is abject poverty, you can really stretch a dollar. And as far as trickle down is concerned, something I overheard says it all when it comes to relying on the rich to give the poor and middle class a stable future:

My father witnessed this:

The man he was with stopped for a shoeshine from a street urchin. It was only fifteen cents for a shoeshine. He gave the boy a quarter and asked for his change back. My father asked why he didn't give the boy the whole quarter and the man replied, that would spoil him.