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truedelphi

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5. George Carlin had a good comment on this also:

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 03:39 PM

Apr 2012

Something to the effect that the rich will speak up and say that as soon as more tax breaks and subsidies are offered them, they will be motivated to create jobs for the rest of us, while the rich also say: if you give to the poorer people, everyone knows it only makes them lazy.

He made it sound a whole lot funnier than I do, though.

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The "trickle down" theory [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2012 OP

Holy Joe said it best back in 2000--before he sold out to the repukes meow2u3 Apr 2012 #1

I believe that was Tom Harkin ... not Joe. TahitiNut Apr 2012 #2

and Will Rogers et al. before that-? alterfurz Apr 2012 #6

The trickle down theory was invented by effete old men with prostrate problems. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #3

"prostate" TahitiNut Apr 2012 #4

George Carlin had a good comment on this also: truedelphi Apr 2012 #5