Economy
Related: About this forumNothing trickles down (only in theory)
Robert Reich (@RBReich) Tweeted:
We bailed out Wall Street in 2008
...nothing trickled down
We gave the rich a $2 trillion tax cut in 2017
...nothing trickled down
We handed corporations a $500 billion check during an unprecedented health & economic crisis
...nothing trickled down
Weve seen this all before.
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)I call it GUSHING UP economy. It obviously does.
Listen to the sound of the giant economic Hoover sucking everything up. WHOOSH!
How many billionaires are more billionaireated now under these conditions? What?
Those for whom it booms called the economy booming. Our boom was the sound of vulture bombs dropping on us, spreading the exploitation shrapnel. OUCH!
lapfog_1
(29,191 posts)yes it did... it was wet, warm, and ?yellow?
lastlib
(23,152 posts)And WE are the ones who get PISSED on!
(and we're also getting pissed OFF!)
RainCaster
(10,834 posts)And the GOP has put us voters in the basement.