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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago

Yeah, no shit…

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 25 points 21 hours ago

Of course it didn't work, but only because we didn't give it 150 more years! I promise guys, really, just 180 more years and it will slightly trickle down! It's been scientifamicbly proven that in just 230 more years it will absolutely start to work!

-Study paid for by the fuck you I got mine, but I want yours too foundation.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

When they originally said ‘trickle down’ they meant piss.

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[-] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 12 points 19 hours ago

#1 reason the country is a shit hole.

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

Yea, it did the exact fuckin opposite. Like we knew it would.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago

Economics: explaining tomorrow why the predictions of yesterday didn't come true today

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 day ago

Reagan pushed Horse and sparrow economics. If you give the horses enough grain, eventually the sparrows will get to eat a little out of their shit.

[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, but even "eventually" didn't come.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 17 points 23 hours ago

Well duh, bank accounts aren't horses, you can always just add another 0 without overflow

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The horses are constipated, Paw

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago

Every couple years, another study that shows the same thing. The rich got richer and the middle class and poor lost.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago

Almost like this was the plan all along. The wealthy looking after their own interests to their benefit.

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

hear, hear OP. I can attest that dipshit started us on the path to the worst timeline.

[-] Mikey_donuts@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Water is wet etc etc

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

That's what happens when you don't set an upper limit for wealth

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago
[-] Structure7528@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago

Who would have thunk?

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

pretty sure he knew that from the start. the repuglican payola corruption goes way way back

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