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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "Trickle-down" theory
The principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.
-William Blum
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The "Trickle-down" theory (Original Post)
Canuckistanian
Jan 2012
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luv_mykatz
(441 posts)1. Perfect and accurate description.
NBachers
(17,133 posts)2. And here's a solution
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)3. I might switch "table scraps" to "crumbs" but other than that
quite accurate
safeinOhio
(32,713 posts)4. Trickle-down is a
theory. Supply and demand is a law.
For years we were told that housing prices were based on supply and demand. Then the crash happened. Then we were told it was collateralized debt obligations and derivatives, fancy exotic paper the rich entities traded in, that was driving the housing/real-estate bubble.
Thus, it seems the supply and demand rationale was a lie. So, is supply and demand itself flawed, or are the elites merely trying to make it seem that way.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)5. Horse-and-Sparrow Theory:
An older name for it: "If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows."
mmonk
(52,589 posts)6. Yes, the trickle down theory is the tinkle on reality.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)7. Trickle-down theory: Where you get pissed on & the pisser tries to convince you that it's rain.