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UpInArms

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58. The only thing that would improve your graphic
Thu Dec 17, 2020, 10:17 AM
Dec 2020

would be the addition of one more panel ... showing the largest glass even bigger and all the small glasses broken

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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