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Checkmate (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Mar 2020 OP
that was an interesting read...thanks! stillcool Mar 2020 #1
You are most welcome! Brus is art in action. Kid Berwyn Mar 2020 #3
Yep, supply side economics is doing exactly what it is designed to do... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #2
Weird how it has become acceptable to abide with the trickle down. Kid Berwyn Mar 2020 #5
Not to mention all of the corollary side issues... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #6
Absolutely was a feature not a bug. Kid Berwyn Mar 2020 #7
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Mar 2020 #4
Thank you, my Friend. Kid Berwyn Mar 2020 #8
Perfect malaise Mar 2020 #9

Kid Berwyn

(14,848 posts)
3. You are most welcome! Brus is art in action.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:46 PM
Mar 2020

I know you know, stillcool, but most of us need reminding how fortunate we are to live in a time when we still enjoy a pretty good chance to stop the bastards.

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)
2. Yep, supply side economics is doing exactly what it is designed to do...
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:00 PM
Mar 2020

Hoover vast sums of money upwards to the 1%.

It's working just fine, thank you very much.

Kid Berwyn

(14,848 posts)
5. Weird how it has become acceptable to abide with the trickle down.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:53 PM
Mar 2020

David Stockman reported 7/8 of all the wealth in human history was created after 1981, and most of it, thanks to Reaganomics and all the tax cuts and welfare what not for the wealthy, is in just a few odd pockets.

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)
6. Not to mention all of the corollary side issues...
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:55 PM
Mar 2020

like "tax cuts pay for themselves by spurring economic growth" and shit like that.

Kid Berwyn

(14,848 posts)
7. Absolutely was a feature not a bug.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:01 PM
Mar 2020

Red Ink Ronnie and his idiotic successors made sure America would no longer have the means to pay for Social Security, Medicare, public education, affordable housing, and all the rest that made for a United States of America.

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