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bhikkhu

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1. Absolutely to be expected, and this is what trump wants to do with the country

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 10:07 PM

Oct 2016

Anyone who paid attention to the effects of reaganomics, and how the later bush tax cuts worked, should be completely unsurprised. Big giveaway to the rich, then hide the data and change the subject - wash, rinse and repeat.

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s trickle-down economics experiment is so bad the state stopped reporting [View all] TomCADem Oct 2016 OP

Absolutely to be expected, and this is what trump wants to do with the country bhikkhu Oct 2016 #1

Trickle Down can only be sold to voters under the impression that it's never been tried. Cresent City Kid Oct 2016 #2

K & R attention needs to stay focused on this (cruel) experiment. salin Oct 2016 #3

If the people of Kansas don't like it, there's something they can do about it gratuitous Oct 2016 #4

As a Kansas Democrat ... rustysgurl Oct 2016 #5

Republicans won big in 2014 by scaring the hell out of people that Obama was going to let Ebola StevieM Oct 2016 #10

The thing still true about Kansas, rusty quoin Oct 2016 #6

Yup! According to Thom Hartmann, Brownback ordered a series of studies Akamai Oct 2016 #7

WSJ - Party Eyes 'Red-State Model' to Drive Republican Revival TomCADem Oct 2016 #11

Thanks for posting this! The New York Times had a story about 8 months ago Akamai Oct 2016 #12

You vote for Republicans, you get Republican policies. Feeling the Bern Oct 2016 #8

Typical repuke liar. Emilybemily Oct 2016 #9

Sam Brownback would be a good one to do for People Who Somehow Got Elected! Initech Oct 2016 #14

LOL! Nitram Oct 2016 #15

R#52 & K UTUSN Oct 2016 #16