• @disguy_ovahea
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    42 days ago

    True. It would need to implemented alongside economic reform.

    Trickle-down was an experiment. It was proven to be a failure based on the current wealth inequality. Now we just simply need to redistribute and try something else.

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      2 days ago

      False.

      Trickle down was a REBRAND. It used to be called “Horse and Sparrow economics.”

      The literal idea being that horses get to eat whole grains, and sparrows peck their meals from horseshit.

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        It’s true that Reagan’s Trickle-Down was a revival of Harding’s Horse & Sparrow, but that doesn’t affect my point.

        We’ve proven it doesn’t work. The correct solution is to redistribute and try a different method to check capitalism.

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          52 days ago

          Oh for sure. I wasn’t advocating for it!

          But it does change the point in your messaging. To call it “an experiment” gives it a quality of transience, whereas establishing the actual history of the methodology allows people to understand the scope and magnitude of how long and deeply the masses have been bamboozled.

          • @disguy_ovahea
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            That’s fair.

            Regardless, Trump’s solution of bringing back Reagan’s first economic plan, Voodoo Economics, will drive inequality even faster than Trickle-Down.