Robert ReichThe upward redistribution of wealth over the past 45 years has shifted $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. That’s $50 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of working Americans.
The wealth doesn’t “trickle down.” It gushes up.
ShachihokoSaying the wealth "gushes up" implies that it's doing so for something akin to natural causes.
It's being *siphoned off* from the bottom and channeled to the top.