Heard on Thom Hartmann; "Trickle down economics always creates a nation of peons".

[Greyhound]

:rofl:

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. As in pissing on us? Yep!

[davsand]

2. That is EXACTLY the image "trickle down" conjures for me.

Always has, and has never been proven wrong.



Laura

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. And yet the republican peons NEVER GET IT! Wonder why?

:shrug:

[Greyhound]

10. A lot of Democrats still don't get it, they'll say they're against it and

turn around and defend it's theories and policies.:crazy:
:kick:

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. That is true.

:crazy:

[hvn_nbr_2]

15. Trickle down, tinkle down. nt

[krispos42]

3. I've heard that before...

...but until I saw it in print, I didn't make the connection!

:dunce:

[sixmile]

5. It's funny because it's true

The rich get richer, the poor...well you know how it works.

[Idealism]

6. Wait, theres no "Golden Shower" of prosperity heading our way?

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. A tsunami of "Golden Showers" are headed our way.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

7. Truer words were never spoken

I remember the late John Kenneth Galbraith referred to it as the "horse and sparrow" theory of economics. That is, if you put enough oats into the front end of the horse, enough will get through to feed the sparrow standing behind said horse.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Your ah nation

I use to make the peon comment, your ah nation comment years ago
in bar bathrooms when Reagan first promoted his trickle down theory.

I remember a bar that had rubber pads in their urinals with Reagan's face on it.

[Greyhound]

18. Took me almost two days to figure that out, D'oh!

:dunce:
:rofl:

[wroberts189]

12. So thats why I always feel urinated on ..my suspicions were true. eom

[wroberts189]

13. Trickle down.. think about it and you will see the joke that it is.

A joke on us I am afraid. And now we will pay.



Trickle up is the answer....

[Joe Chi Minh]

14. As a trade-union leader here in the UK said, if trickle-down worked,

India would have been a super-power centuries ago.

[Greyhound]

16. Ooh, I like that one, never heard it before. So true. n/t

[meow2u3]

17. Trickle-down economics summarized

The rich get a golden parachute and give the rest of us a golden shower.