Lindsay HolmwoodJan 20
JA Westenberg
they called it trickle-down economics because 'financial waterboarding' didn't poll well with focus groups
Jan 20 at 10:13pmTypefully
Show threadpeter sibleyJan 20
@Daojoan that’s a great name for the precarity.
Show threadHeadbangingPonyJan 20
@Daojoan
I still wonder though why the term "trickle down" did work out. I mean, trickle? down? Really?
Show threadBruce Heerssen Jan 20

@HeadbangingPony @Daojoan

We're supposed to pretend the yellow stuff trickling into our cups is champagne.

Show threadOblomovJan 21
@HeadbangingPony @Daojoan apparently watersports have a lot of non declared kinksters, at least compared to waterboarding
Show threadRick MalekJan 20
@Daojoan When I hear that I still always think of Reagan and his rich buddies pissing on the plebs.
Show threadDave AckleyJan 20
@Daojoan
back when they cared enough to do focus groups
Show threadAngua Jan 20
@Daojoan

Let's be blunt, it's the tiny minority with tiny wotsits (hence trickle) peeing on the rest of us.
Show threadRobin BartonJan 20
@Daojoan Brilliant and I love it
Show threadPeter BrownJan 21
@Daojoan like so many things in politics the name is the reverse of the truth. It’s actually trickle up economics and it’s been around since the days of feudalism.
Show threadDonCCJan 21
@Daojoan
ur a treasure!!
Show threadMegatronicThronBanksJan 21
@Daojoan I would say you should write a book, but the hell that activity has plunged me into I would not wish upon anybody.
Show threadBrewskiJan 21

@Daojoan

They never bothered to clarify what exactly was trickling down...

Show threadPelican Dock MusicJan 21
@Daojoan
well said
Show threadWCOW #TheArchersJan 21

@Daojoan

Pissing on you does not sound good either.

Show threadYves DesharnaisJan 21
@Daojoan you mean trick led own
Show threadNu ModularJan 21
@Daojoan Would've been Wickid Pissah had it been trialed in Boston.
Show threadMatt FerrieJan 21
@Daojoan LOL yep! Trickle down economics is just their term for peeing on your leg and trying to convince you that it's rain
Show threadJudibyDesignJan 21
@Daojoan I wish my stag fern looked as healthy and lush as yours does!!
Show threadC_RJan 21
@Daojoan Before "trickle down" it was called Horse and Sparrow economics. As in, you feed the horse everything and the sparrows get to pick over what passes out the other end. In other words, the rich get their pick and the rest of us get to eat shit.
Show threadHTPC NZJan 21
@Daojoan oh it trickles down alright, every last drop to the wealthy... That's the part they conveniently omitted.
Show threadLevkaJan 21

@Daojoan

"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." -- George Carlin

Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Jan 21
@Daojoan It's a shame I wasn't around to suggest "tinkle down."
Show threadda_kinkJan 21
@Daojoan the second problem with calling it waterboarding is the expectation that a lot would be coming down I guess.
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Jan 21

@Daojoan

"The money was all appropriated for the top in hopes that it would trickle down to the needy.

Mr. Hoover didn't know that the money trickled up.

Give it to the people at the bottom and the people at the top will have it before night, anyhow.

Bit it will at least have passed through the poor fellow's hand."
~Will Rogers

#Meme #Quote #TrickleDown #Economics

Show threadBart AllenJan 21
@Daojoan At least in watboarding you get wet... Trickle down economics is more like being set on fire and one person with chronic dry mouth is spitting on you to try and put it out
Show threadPatrick AbeyaJan 21
@Daojoan it’s the reverse. They went for trickle down economics because it better reflects you’re only getting crumbs.
Show threadAshwin DixitJan 22

@Daojoan

Santanomics: If you behave well all year long, the surveillance state overlord will bring you some material goods at the end, if you are rich enough.

Personally, I prefer Piñatanomics.

The Buddha was asked, "What is poison?"
He replied, "Anything, to excess, is poison."

Let's mug Bezos, Gates, Zuck, Musk etc, to relieve Buddhas of the poison that is bringing suffering not only to them, but to others. Let's bring balance.

Show threadAgnesBCJan 22
@Daojoan is trickle-down economics a form of Enhanced Enrichment Technique?