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Krazy_Kat

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5. Will Rogers talked about "trickle down" in the 1930s!

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 12:07 PM

Nov 5

“The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to the needy. Mr. Hoover didn’t know that money trickled up. Give it to the people at the bottom and the people at the top will have it before night, anyhow. But it will at least have passed through the poor fellow’s hands.”

— Will Rogers

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The Lie About Trickle Down Economics Had The Curtain Pulled Back [View all] gab13by13 Nov 5 OP

I had heard it referred to as horse shit economics in the 1890s rurallib Nov 5 #1

Robert Reich LessAspin Nov 5 #2

My late Dad used to always say dirty stinking lousy republicans only care about the rich and not the working class kimbutgar Nov 5 #3

Several years ago, a very dear friend of mine (now deceased) told me that artificial intelligence is going to OLDMDDEM Nov 5 #4

Will Rogers talked about "trickle down" in the 1930s! Krazy_Kat Nov 5 #5