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mwooldri

(10,291 posts)
37. Tricke Down as far as I'm concerned...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:19 AM
Mar 2016

is a bunch of rich bastards with prostate issues trying to pee. On us.

It's just plain painful.

Don't buy it... [View all] Playinghardball Mar 2016 OP
Trickle down IS a scam. SoapBox Mar 2016 #1
The reality, badly hidden as it is, is not trickle down... dchill Mar 2016 #26
Yep! Even crumbs don't trickle down. They get sucked up in the funnel. brush Mar 2016 #30
Tricke Down as far as I'm concerned... mwooldri Mar 2016 #37
we only got tinkle. and not much of that under georgee w bush. pansypoo53219 Mar 2016 #52
response: "racist sexist Minuteman Commie!" MisterP Mar 2016 #2
See my sig line underpants Mar 2016 #3
Reaganomics. Trickle Down. Free Market Economics Must Go- Good on Nick Hanauer appalachiablue Mar 2016 #4
Nick Hanauer calls himself a "happy capitalist" and very much supports a free market. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #9
Followed him for years and realize this. Yep, no true free markets, regulation's needed. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #11
Hell FDR was a "free marketeer" in that sense. strategery blunder Mar 2016 #13
He tried to warn the Plutocrats, but their greed cannot be satiated. Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #17
He is actually appealing to their greed, which is smart. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #18
That's a good one. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #5
Piss On The Proletariat. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #6
Trickle Down Plucketeer Mar 2016 #7
You beat me to it. pangaia Mar 2016 #8
Great response... Thespian2 Mar 2016 #10
What trickles down is warm, wet, and yellow. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #28
We've been getting pissed on now for over 30 years, you'd think people would B Calm Mar 2016 #12
And looks like it will be at least 4 more if she or the repub wins Avalon Sparks Mar 2016 #21
Trickle down is a scam AlbertCat Mar 2016 #14
Clinton thought very highly of Reagan and seems to like the trickle-down rhett o rick Mar 2016 #15
That is absolutely not true. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #19
I wish you were correct.... Avalon Sparks Mar 2016 #20
Hillary is not "fiscally right," she is a progressive. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #23
Not progressive when it counts. When George Bush asked her to betray her fellow Democrats rhett o rick Mar 2016 #25
She got 8 million kids covered under SCHIP, for one thing. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #34
And who paid the bill? Her corp friends or the lower classes? The lower 99% rhett o rick Mar 2016 #42
Are you aware of what the DLC was Avalon Sparks Mar 2016 #29
Of course. The Hillary haters on DU never stop talking about it. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #31
And no intention of actually implementing those plans Hydra Mar 2016 #35
Even when she decides people want something done, she only offers half-assed ideas. rhett o rick Mar 2016 #43
The major Corps and very wealthy benefit immensely from all gov't services Hydra Mar 2016 #49
Exactly. nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #50
I don't hate Clinton, I hate those that put Wealth and the accumulation of wealth rhett o rick Mar 2016 #24
Hillary is not "beholden to big money." She has a progressive agenda. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #32
I've seen her plan. First of all she claims to want to put Americans to work but has always favored rhett o rick Mar 2016 #44
Please tell me more about Hillary's innovative plan! Silver_Witch Mar 2016 #36
Yet many people here love trickle-down as evidenced by their unconditional support of Hillary whereisjustice Mar 2016 #16
Hillary is not a protégé of Reagan. She opposes Reaganomics. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #22
Rhetoric. " Hillary’s plancreates a 15 percent tax credit for companies that share profits with rhett o rick Mar 2016 #27
It is not "rhetoric." It is a workable plan that can pass in Congress. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #33
Of course it's in their interest, because we/taxpayers pay for it. Kittycat Mar 2016 #38
Workers will not get raises elljay Mar 2016 #46
Getting stuff done is not the point noiretextatique Mar 2016 #47
Trickle down is just a euphemism for getting urinated on Red Oak Mar 2016 #39
Reaganomics always has and always will SUCK. nt Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #40
Trickle, schmickle . . . their next plan is merely turning the spigot OFF. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #41
Straight from the horses mouth...but that won't matter to the usual suspects. Rex Mar 2016 #45
I Didn't Buy Into It... gordyfl Mar 2016 #48
It's the Republicans who buy it treestar Mar 2016 #51
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