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SLMontgo's avatar

"Fewer federal paychecks means fewer dinners out, fewer mortgage payments, more stress on local economies already hanging by a thread." OK, now you finally get how "trickle down" economy really works - those at the top suck up all the wealth and then they piss all over you.

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Jodie Montgomery's avatar

I’ve always hated the term “ trickle down” wait for the trickle never does but now it will

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SLMontgo's avatar

Me, too ! I first recalled hearing it extolled during Reagan and I knew to my core it sounded bogus and scammy. It never has worked for us either.

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Becky's avatar

It was covered in Ferris Bueller's Day Off...Voodoo Economics, it works for the rich only.

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SLMontgo's avatar

Gotta confess, I've never seen that movie. But, yeah, "it works for the rich only," which is why they refuse to drop it. Also, why we should oppose it as hard as possible.

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Kathryn's avatar

Domino effect, everyone will be taken down a notch or more. His policies hurt the pissed off majority.

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