Trickle-Down, eh? Well, I have something very simple to say about that!

[Roland99]

Let's open those spigots!!

We could solve this economic crisis in one fell swoop by having that top 1% do the right thing and let that wealth actually trickle down to the rest of us.

That would require them to completely change their corrupted and greedy view of capitalism and engage in some redistribution of wealth directly, instead of having it trickle down through layer upon layer.

How much more wealth do these cretins need?? How much more until they break the system entirely and they, themselves, wind up right next to us at WalMart with a stash of 50-cent off coupons?

[hobbit709]

1. The only thing that trickles down to us peons

is warm, wet and yellow.

[Berry Cool]

2. And that's why they call us "peons"...n/t

[baldguy]

5. .

[Tippy]

3. Greed is a terrible thing.....

There is no way the top 1% will do the right thing, all they care about is making more money. Some of that 1% might do a little something but most would rather burn in hell for eternity then to help those in need.

[leeroysphitz]

4. Every dollar of wealth that you have is a dollar that they don't have.

That's how they see it. They aren't going to "redistribute" squat except at the barrel of a gun but guess what?
They pay the guys with the guns.

[JHB]

6. The top 1% is a sponge...

...it'll trickle down if it gets squeezed. Otherwise, it just growns into a bigger sponge.

[Sinti]

7. You know, it used to be called Horse and Sparrow economics, before trickle down

The idea was that if you fed the horse enough he will leave some on the road for the sparrow.

The $$$ aren't really the issue, as they own all the resources. You ARE a resource that they own. If you/we owned even a modest amount of the resources we wouldn't need them to be kind and give us anything. They don't worry about revolutions like the French had, because they'll just go to a safe place for a while, like Dubai.

The real owners in this ownership society will never, ever have to shop at Walmart. They don't shop anyway, they use dressers, and maids, and cooks and stuff to do the lowly chores required for survival. There will always be someone willing to do that job for them.

$$$ are like sleight of hand, there are millions of empty houses, and tons of farmland in this country - no one should have to go without. Look at what the media/society do to famous people, build them up to tear them down, this is what has happened to all of America. Were you told all your life this was the best country in the world, with the most opportunity? How many weeks of vacation did you get this year? How deep in debt do people have to go to get a job that pays a living wage? Is it still a living wage when you add in the cost of the schooling?

[Roland99]

8. I always pictured it as the sparrow picking out seeds from the crap left behind!

Which is what we have now!

[Sinti]

9. Yep, that's what they mean. Open eyes would end this nightmare in one day :) n/t

[Overseas]

10. I think that's how it was intended. Pre-FDR economics

similar to what we have now after the Reagan gang busted the unions and cut taxes for the super rich, racking up huge deficits while promising that the goodies would trickle down. And got New Democrats to go along with the "wisdom of the 'free' market."

We got Trickle Up instead. Over 30 years. Ever increasing gap between rich and poor. Slashing social spending and slashing regulations in the finance sector and upping war spending and cutting taxes on the super rich.

GOP (Greedy Obstructionist Plutocrats) still trying to undo The New Deal. Let us not forget Bush's attempts to privatize social security before the last Dire Emergency Transfer of Wealth up again to cover the gambling debts of the super rich.