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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"50 Years Of Trickle-Down Economics Has Shown Us CLEARLY That It Simply Does Not Work"
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"50 Years Of Trickle-Down Economics Has Shown Us CLEARLY That It Simply Does Not Work" (Original Post)
ihaveaquestion
Wednesday
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i call it trickle up or should say flash flood up. that nonsense invented by raygun.
AllaN01Bear
Wednesday
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I called the Reagan tax plan back then "Create the Billionaire Class". It was very successful. It did what they wanted.
LiberalArkie
Wednesday
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AllaN01Bear
(26,532 posts)1. i call it trickle up or should say flash flood up. that nonsense invented by raygun.
ihaveaquestion
(3,836 posts)2. Bush 1 called it "Voodoo Economics" nt
sop
(15,238 posts)3. It works just fine for those at the top.
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.
Kid Berwyn
(21,367 posts)5. It works for the rich.
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.
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...
...count on the bottom 70 percent of us (known to them as "suckers" will never coalesce to punish them.