The Donald / Wall Street Axis

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  1. Bickendan

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    And "trickle-down economics" is the common expression used to indicated "supply-side economics."
  2. Dayton Kitchens

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    Common expression by supporters of supply-side economics?

    Didn't think so.
  3. Bickendan

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    Doesn't matter. Colloquially, it's trickle-down.
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  5. Tuttle

    Tuttle Listen kid, we're all in it together.

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    The left may have won that round of semantics and manipulation of the feeble/infirm, but it's same lying double-speak that calls a freeze in new spending a "cut" even if the amount spent remains flat Y-O-Y.
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    The truth is, if just the top 1/3 see growth in comp. in a particular year, and they spend money on uber and indulgent services, then the uber drivers make a few dollars too. The truth is also that a modern economy transitioning from manufacturing to services-based will need a lot more 'nail polishers' to buff the helmets of others.
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    Yea ..., now, explain why the average executive pay has increased more than 400% in the last 40 years, but the average worker pay has only increased 10% in that same time frame. Then explain why our 1980 counterpart had a 40% higher purchasing power than we do now.
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