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Chainfire

(17,305 posts)
10. I disagree
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 05:41 PM
Dec 2020

I have felt trickled upon at least sine Reagan. I am not like Trump who can go to Russia to get trickled on, so I am glad they brought it to us working stiffs.

They don't pay for themselves in terms of tax revenues either nt Shermann Dec 2020 #1
Didn't need a study to tell us that. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #2
THIS Talitha Dec 2020 #20
Double THIS! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #26
Big well duh! dchill Dec 2020 #48
Quadruple THIS!!!! My first thought was ... KPN Dec 2020 #49
SHOCKING! Bettie Dec 2020 #3
K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Dec 2020 #4
Yeah ... we know! FakeNoose Dec 2020 #5
That is a great description on how trickle down economics works Gothmog Dec 2020 #50
Great graphic Martin Eden Dec 2020 #55
The only thing that would improve your graphic UpInArms Dec 2020 #58
Not at all. The concept failed to consider the effects of greed. ooky Dec 2020 #6
K & R Budi Dec 2020 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Budi Dec 2020 #8
Eat the Rich (1987) JanMichael Dec 2020 #9
I disagree Chainfire Dec 2020 #10
America has been an oligarchy for a long time. Power in the hands of the rich. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #11
Yes it has OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #32
I have been saying for decades that America is an oligarchy. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #35
THAT is what burns me to this day OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #62
We are just consumers now, no longer considered people or citizens. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #68
Duh. SamKnause Dec 2020 #12
I'm shocked! SHOCKED I SAY! LymphocyteLover Dec 2020 #13
The Republican response: Not yet gratuitous Dec 2020 #14
Well, it was known in 1932 ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #15
Hmm... regnaD kciN Dec 2020 #16
One of my favorite scenes in one of wnylib Dec 2020 #42
Friedman and all his enablers failed malaise Dec 2020 #17
No. They got exactly what they wanted. It was never intended to do what they promised. rickyhall Dec 2020 #21
Naomi Klein was right malaise Dec 2020 #22
Exactly. Even Papa Bush knew that it was wnylib Dec 2020 #44
A classic meme: aidbo Dec 2020 #18
Perfect malaise Dec 2020 #23
Trickle down Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 #31
I have always called it "trickle on" economics. wnylib Dec 2020 #45
Peon me UpInArms Dec 2020 #59
Really? smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #19
In other news, water is wet. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #24
Because Republicans keep cutting taxes for the wealthy promising big jobs. Lonestarblue Dec 2020 #27
I don't get why people believe things people on teevee say like they can't look in their wallet onecaliberal Dec 2020 #30
As the classic meme says, OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #34
I Did A Paper On This... ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #25
Upton Sinclair explained... Kid Berwyn Dec 2020 #33
I think most of us here know that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 #28
The people repeating it directly benefit from it. JHB Dec 2020 #56
It was not supposed to-they were selling this lie to get richer StClone Dec 2020 #29
It worked on the back of a bar napkin. gibraltar72 Dec 2020 #36
And we keep having these studies why? Like the one 3 years ago wasn't conclusive enough? ancianita Dec 2020 #37
Yes, I thought that this had been studied to death - all with the same conclusion. Marie Marie Dec 2020 #39
Tell the Lincoln Project zentrum Dec 2020 #38
MSNBC Republicans OhioTim Dec 2020 #40
the only thing that trickled down was them pissing on us Skittles Dec 2020 #41
And? AngryOldDem Dec 2020 #43
From David Stockman, Reagan's budget director chriscan64 Dec 2020 #46
No fucking shit. Solly Mack Dec 2020 #47
There's a big surprise... dlk Dec 2020 #51
DUH! pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #52
I'm going to let Iago speak for me. Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2020 #53
Perfect! OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #63
Doin' pretty good. Not touring 'cause Covid, of course. Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2020 #64
So, I have one song. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #65
Nice! Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2020 #66
Me either OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #67
Guess who's 50? AwakeAtLast Dec 2020 #54
K&R ck4829 Dec 2020 #57
Rudy's hair dye is the only trickle down Gothmog Dec 2020 #60
My lips slowly and silently form the words... Hugin Dec 2020 #61
This is an insult to us. We knew we would get pissed on from the start. And so did Bloomberg Hotler Dec 2020 #69
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Dec 2020 #70
Instead, Jared Kushner failed upward Blue Owl Dec 2020 #71
From Senator Warren Gothmog Dec 2020 #72
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says Gothmog Dec 2020 #73
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