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ihaveaquestion

(3,836 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:43 AM Wednesday

"50 Years Of Trickle-Down Economics Has Shown Us CLEARLY That It Simply Does Not Work"



Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow tore into Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."
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"50 Years Of Trickle-Down Economics Has Shown Us CLEARLY That It Simply Does Not Work" (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Wednesday OP
i call it trickle up or should say flash flood up. that nonsense invented by raygun. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #1
Bush 1 called it "Voodoo Economics" nt ihaveaquestion Wednesday #2
It works just fine for those at the top. sop Wednesday #3
I called the Reagan tax plan back then "Create the Billionaire Class". It was very successful. It did what they wanted. LiberalArkie Wednesday #4
It works for the rich. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #5
The flip side and a way to fight back. Consumer dollars flow up. We can control that flow. Hotler Wednesday #6
But the Republicans can always... appmanga Wednesday #7

sop

(15,238 posts)
3. It works just fine for those at the top.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:55 AM
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And that's all that matters to the people who decide these things.

LiberalArkie

(18,621 posts)
4. I called the Reagan tax plan back then "Create the Billionaire Class". It was very successful. It did what they wanted.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:06 PM
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Kid Berwyn

(21,367 posts)
5. It works for the rich.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:10 PM
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Which is why, after 50 years, it is still a problem. That's why John Roberts and SCROTUS miraculously made money into speech.

I wonder what politicians since Jimmy Carter have called for public financing of elections?

Besides Elizabeth Warren, I can't remember a single one still in office.

Hotler

(13,359 posts)
6. The flip side and a way to fight back. Consumer dollars flow up. We can control that flow.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:18 PM
Wednesday

Outside of necessities bring the consumer spending to a screeching halt. Do not underestimate the power of your consumer dollar and how you spend it.
Be well, be safe.

appmanga

(1,212 posts)
7. But the Republicans can always...
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 02:41 PM
Wednesday

...count on the bottom 70 percent of us (known to them as "suckers&quot will never coalesce to punish them.

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