Why Can't People Understand That Trickle-Down Is a Lie??

[thomhartmann]

[Hoyt]

1. Trickle-down might work to some degree with a proper tax structure. I'm fine with letting

those who are good at producing and selling things, do well as long as there are proper labor, environmental, etc., protections/laws on the books and lawmakers are not paid/bribed to minimize restrictions. But, for that to produce anything for the masses, they have have to be taxed accordingly with the funds being used for social good. I think restrictions and taxes are what are missing in the scheme.

[pansypoo53219]

3. it only WORKS if you are trying to DESTROY the federal govt.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. In a sane world we would have admitted it's a failure and gone back to the top tax of 70%....

Then raise them to 95% to pay for war.

[FighttheFuture]

4. Alas... the world is not sane. Witness the rise of Trump!

[Major Nikon]

6. That already happened

So-called "trickle down" was originally known as the Horse and Sparrow theory and was abandoned as a failure many decades before Saint Ronnie revived it.

[japple]

5. Because all of that warm golden rain makes them feel so good.

Because they will never under understand that trickle down=piss on 'em. They will always believe that Reagan and the GOP loved them and had their best interests at heart.