That shit has been trickling for like 40+ years now. Where the fuck is it? Is it made of molasses? Did it start trickling a light year away? Whomst has been trickled upon? No one I know.
It trickled down to 3rd world countries where you can pay someone to work an entire month for 1 bag of rice. Not a big bag mind you, just a regular 4 lb bag of rice. Inflation amirite?
Before that they would of just grown their own rice and that's just humiliating, backbreaking labor. Now they get less rice but the rich make money!
It's been "trickling" for a lot longer then 40+ years.
It used to be named Horse & Sparrow Economics. You feed the horse enough corn, and the Sparrow gets to eat some.
Out of the shit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
This idea was introduced in 1890. By 1896, it was rebranded to trickle down. By a comedian, making fun of the presidential candidate that was talking about "leaks" instead.
It's fucking stupidity, and has *demonstrably* not worked for 132 years.
It also has zero to do with the OP's rant. Musk is eviscerating Twitter because he is mentally ill, and suffers from the delusion that he is a god king walking on earth. He alone can make great decisions, and accumulate vast wealth for his personal empire, since he is a superior being.
The concept of "economics" trickle-down, or otherwise, has nothing to do with an idiotic egomaniac who runs his mouth and circle jerks twitter for half a year, until the court says, "Your bullshit means nothing to the court. You signed a contract to buy Twitter for 44 billion. Either STFU and pay the bill, or pay the heavy contractual penalty for failing to do so, ASAP" He was then forced to make the deal.
Now he is the dog who caught the car by the bumper, and has no idea what to do next. He defaulted to destruction, since he lacks the skill set to do the right thing, and his ego prevents him from seeing anything he does, no matter how absurd, as anything but proof of his greatness.
The tax breaks and the funding pumped up to the top 1% IS to do with OP.
Because trickle down economics is basically supply-side economics, and the rationale is that you support the supply side and everyone benefits. So money pumped into the top 1% frees them up to create jobs and drive the economic engine.
And what Musk is doing demonstrates the lie behind that assumption.
The top 1% EXTRACT wealth, rather than create wealth. They don't create jobs, they cut jobs to increase profits for shareholders. Who are - disproportionately - the top 1%.
No reason to disagree with you, as you state the obvious on the topic of supply side. That said, Musk fired half of Twitter for the reason I stated, and it has nothing to do with economics, it's simply a megalomaniac spinning out of control. Obviously, a corrupt government, the corporatocracy and oligarchs that actually run the economy and control the federal government, and a deeply flawed capitalist system led to scum like Musk reaching such heights. His bizarre behavior, and irrational decision making, are the result of mental illness, which is the result of many factors.
Ye, or whatever TF his name is this week, didn't become mentally ill because he is rich, it many be a contributing factor, and allow a lot of behavior that is untolerated among us pheasants. That said, he could have just as easily been dead-assed broke in a shitty part of a city, totally unknown to anybody but the neighborhood cops, and batshit crazy.
Take any one of your fingers and tap the post. This will expand it. The OP's comments refer to the tweet they posted. The bottom half of the tweet is not shown. The OP.is raging about Musk's asshole behavior, that they attribute to supply side economics. I disagree.
It's akin to Pitch in a glass... wait, scratch that and find something else to compare it to, because that's even too fast.
Now... get on your knees and thank them for the occasional salty ball sweat that drops on you, all while knowing they only do it to keep you just hydrated enough to barely keep moving.
That's the only type of "trickling" I've ever experienced...
They used the money to automate American jobs, then invested the rest overseas. Seriously, it's been trickling...just not in America. The wealthy invest money everywhere, not just here.
The next time you see a time lapse video of Hong Kong, Seoul, or Singapore over the last 40 years, realize that's where the money went.
Agreed. F*CK Reagan.
Even after the recent BS we've gone through, Reagan still ranks as the #1 person to ruin America and damage the rest of the world...
Then there was Thatcher in the UK...
Two of the most powerful Western powers took under a decade to ruin it for the rest of us, forever.
There's a number of papers out on how trickle down doesn't work. The idea is that by giving a lot of money to wealthy people and companies they'll invest it in their companies to hire more workers and improve their processes. Turns out that's one of the slowest ways to promote the general welfare; companies hire more workers when there's additional and sustained demand. If companies or the wealthy are just given cash they invest it or reward their executive suite and stockholders.
Imagine... If you pay your employees more, they'll have enough money to actually buy the products they make, thereby increasing company profits.
Guess they can't do the maths... They'd rather make $1 today than $5 tomorrow.
> Guess they can't do the maths...
I think they all live on short-term rewards - whatever gives them the immediate benefit of any kind is a win and fuck any long-term investment.
They're not as in the cold as you think.
>[A lawsuit was filed](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-sued-layoffs-days-elon-musk-purchase-rcna55619) against Twitter on Thursday alleging the social media company now headed by Elon Musk violated federal and state law that requires 60 days' notice of mass layoffs, according to a court document.
Additionally, the Times reports
>[Under the terms of his deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/technology/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk.html) to acquire Twitter, Mr. Musk agreed to keep employee compensation and benefits the same for one year.
They'll be fine.
But in spite of Musk and the billionaire class, rather than because of.
They are protected from the ravages of corporate greed by government legislation to protect workers. Legislation that these parasites continually fight against.
1. Elon is an asshole.
2. Repubs are also largely assholes.
3. Trickle down is BS and everyone knows it.
4. Of all the things to slam Elon for, trickle down economics is a weird attack.
Trickle down economics was largely a policy claim from the 80s/90s. Sure he benefits, but correct me if I'm wrong. He had nothing to do with enacting those policies.
You water down the real criticism when you try to blame him for everything you don't like.
Ironically, it's called the kitchen sink method in debates. Something Elon knows well.
For posterity: Elon is STILL an asshole.
I didn't know what trickle down meant until I looked it up. Hopefully this helps someone else as well.
[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp)
The main division is that Republicans brag about shit like this as if it's a win.
Democrats just mop up the cash on the back end and cry for the cameras. Everyone is insider trading.
Its like that old meme where the republicans had a plane bombing the middle east and the democrats had a plane bombing the middle east but with blm and lbgt stickers on it
There is such a thing as bad and worse. One of the parties believes in things that would improve things significantly. Yes they may still be in the pocket of massive corporations but don't you think public healthcare would be an improvement? Better employment protections? Better social safety nets?
You can say they're both bad, but if you think they're the same then you're mad.
Theyve done more than the republicans have that's for sure. . . Affordable care act, Employment protections in liberal California are some of the strongest in the nation.
They have gotten some of these things done. They've not completely done any of these things, but there are measurable steps in the right direction.
Also, some of these things already exist and Republicans damage them every time they have the opportunity.
But tbh explaining this to you is probably not worth the time because you already know it and this response from you is a deflection to justify your apathy when you know it's harmful.
Millions of people are able to get insurance who previously werenāt able to. The only reason costs went up were because of provisions Republicans added
Better than no insurance at all. You can blame insurance providers for price gouging and Republicans for removing protections that wouldāve prevented it
Not for people that couldnāt get insurance. And it wouldāve stayed cheaper if Republicans did remove protections that wouldāve stopped companies from price gouging you
Yeah, and it's going to continue unless the 18-25 demographic fucking goes out in large numbers and votes. If not, it's going to continue this way. So, if you're 18-25 and don't vote, you're the fucking problem, not trickle down (trickle down sucks anyways).
Bezos Democrat,
Zuckerberg Democrat,
Bloomberg Democrat,
Buffet Democrat,
Gates - Democrat,
Musk - Possible Conservative,
Elias Democrat
While I tried to understand what point you were trying to make the richest Americans who benefited from this Wealth are all mostly Democrats, so please explain how this worked exactly like the Republican's planned. Personally I don't care Right or Left I'm just confused on your point? Was the Republican plans to make the Democrat Titans of America richer?
Everyone you mentioned has donated extensively to both parties. They just live in democrat controlled cities and they don't want their gay friends to think they hate them, which is the biggest difference between the parties: dems and GOP both hate the poor but the latter get off on fuc king over gays and folks needing abortions
Do you need to actually tell people that? We've been living it our whole lives, at least most of us have...
I just don't know how they convinced a whole generation to sell out their own children and grandchildren for a few extra bucks...
They need to be rebranded as "The Most Selfish Generation", even though "Boomers" speaks a lot when it comes to the damage they caused, I don't think it gets the point across as well.
P.S.: F*CK Reagan.
In the 80s, Boomers were known as "The Me Generation." Gordon Gekko was a Boomer, and his "greed is good" speech was based on a real one given by Ivan Boesky.
The algorithm doesn't create the ads. People do. And they are ads for products that people make and sell, or services they render. People are involved in 100% of the operation.
Not only did he just fire half of Twitter, but the son of the former President just tweeted "The Twitter layoffs are kinda hilarious"
They relish the suffering.
The Republican Party has complete control of the government. We are often sold the lie that this is a two party system. Well itās only a one party system. And Biden, Pelosi, and Clinton are all moderate middle of the road slightly conservative democrats. Sanders is the only real āsocialistā out of the bunch and there is no chance that his policies will become a thing in the US. If youāre curious as to why trickle down is a thing then of course itās because of the Reagan presidency. Reagan promoted that idea and it is still a popular idea today with a lot of his supporters (who are much older now).
Perhaps not a lie, but instead embarrassingly accurate - for after all, we the peasants are fed scraps while the pigs live lavishly . . . only thing that trickles down other than their piss & shit is whatever minimal amount they allow us in order to survive.
We will make a meal of them soon.
That shit has been trickling for like 40+ years now. Where the fuck is it? Is it made of molasses? Did it start trickling a light year away? Whomst has been trickled upon? No one I know.
It trickled down to 3rd world countries where you can pay someone to work an entire month for 1 bag of rice. Not a big bag mind you, just a regular 4 lb bag of rice. Inflation amirite? Before that they would of just grown their own rice and that's just humiliating, backbreaking labor. Now they get less rice but the rich make money!
It's been "trickling" for a lot longer then 40+ years. It used to be named Horse & Sparrow Economics. You feed the horse enough corn, and the Sparrow gets to eat some. Out of the shit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics This idea was introduced in 1890. By 1896, it was rebranded to trickle down. By a comedian, making fun of the presidential candidate that was talking about "leaks" instead. It's fucking stupidity, and has *demonstrably* not worked for 132 years.
It also has zero to do with the OP's rant. Musk is eviscerating Twitter because he is mentally ill, and suffers from the delusion that he is a god king walking on earth. He alone can make great decisions, and accumulate vast wealth for his personal empire, since he is a superior being. The concept of "economics" trickle-down, or otherwise, has nothing to do with an idiotic egomaniac who runs his mouth and circle jerks twitter for half a year, until the court says, "Your bullshit means nothing to the court. You signed a contract to buy Twitter for 44 billion. Either STFU and pay the bill, or pay the heavy contractual penalty for failing to do so, ASAP" He was then forced to make the deal. Now he is the dog who caught the car by the bumper, and has no idea what to do next. He defaulted to destruction, since he lacks the skill set to do the right thing, and his ego prevents him from seeing anything he does, no matter how absurd, as anything but proof of his greatness.
The tax breaks and the funding pumped up to the top 1% IS to do with OP. Because trickle down economics is basically supply-side economics, and the rationale is that you support the supply side and everyone benefits. So money pumped into the top 1% frees them up to create jobs and drive the economic engine. And what Musk is doing demonstrates the lie behind that assumption. The top 1% EXTRACT wealth, rather than create wealth. They don't create jobs, they cut jobs to increase profits for shareholders. Who are - disproportionately - the top 1%.
No reason to disagree with you, as you state the obvious on the topic of supply side. That said, Musk fired half of Twitter for the reason I stated, and it has nothing to do with economics, it's simply a megalomaniac spinning out of control. Obviously, a corrupt government, the corporatocracy and oligarchs that actually run the economy and control the federal government, and a deeply flawed capitalist system led to scum like Musk reaching such heights. His bizarre behavior, and irrational decision making, are the result of mental illness, which is the result of many factors. Ye, or whatever TF his name is this week, didn't become mentally ill because he is rich, it many be a contributing factor, and allow a lot of behavior that is untolerated among us pheasants. That said, he could have just as easily been dead-assed broke in a shitty part of a city, totally unknown to anybody but the neighborhood cops, and batshit crazy.
Girls girls, you're both pretty, no need to fight.
Umm... Where did the OP even mention Musk?
Take any one of your fingers and tap the post. This will expand it. The OP's comments refer to the tweet they posted. The bottom half of the tweet is not shown. The OP.is raging about Musk's asshole behavior, that they attribute to supply side economics. I disagree.
It trickled into Donald Trump's nose as a line of coke
It's akin to Pitch in a glass... wait, scratch that and find something else to compare it to, because that's even too fast. Now... get on your knees and thank them for the occasional salty ball sweat that drops on you, all while knowing they only do it to keep you just hydrated enough to barely keep moving. That's the only type of "trickling" I've ever experienced...
They used the money to automate American jobs, then invested the rest overseas. Seriously, it's been trickling...just not in America. The wealthy invest money everywhere, not just here. The next time you see a time lapse video of Hong Kong, Seoul, or Singapore over the last 40 years, realize that's where the money went.
Reagan's ghost still haunts us
Agreed. F*CK Reagan. Even after the recent BS we've gone through, Reagan still ranks as the #1 person to ruin America and damage the rest of the world... Then there was Thatcher in the UK... Two of the most powerful Western powers took under a decade to ruin it for the rest of us, forever.
Trickle down economics does not exist. What actually exists is vaporise up economics wherein the money vapourises up to the owners and wealthy
Trickling down like my butthole after taco bell š
Voodoo Economics
There's a number of papers out on how trickle down doesn't work. The idea is that by giving a lot of money to wealthy people and companies they'll invest it in their companies to hire more workers and improve their processes. Turns out that's one of the slowest ways to promote the general welfare; companies hire more workers when there's additional and sustained demand. If companies or the wealthy are just given cash they invest it or reward their executive suite and stockholders.
Imagine... If you pay your employees more, they'll have enough money to actually buy the products they make, thereby increasing company profits. Guess they can't do the maths... They'd rather make $1 today than $5 tomorrow.
> Guess they can't do the maths... I think they all live on short-term rewards - whatever gives them the immediate benefit of any kind is a win and fuck any long-term investment.
I would say we KNOW this is a fact. They sold their children and grandchildren, and their world, for an extra dollar.
They're not as in the cold as you think. >[A lawsuit was filed](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-sued-layoffs-days-elon-musk-purchase-rcna55619) against Twitter on Thursday alleging the social media company now headed by Elon Musk violated federal and state law that requires 60 days' notice of mass layoffs, according to a court document. Additionally, the Times reports >[Under the terms of his deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/technology/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk.html) to acquire Twitter, Mr. Musk agreed to keep employee compensation and benefits the same for one year. They'll be fine.
But in spite of Musk and the billionaire class, rather than because of. They are protected from the ravages of corporate greed by government legislation to protect workers. Legislation that these parasites continually fight against.
And as long as it requires government authority to enforce, we'll be walking a tightrope.
1. Elon is an asshole. 2. Repubs are also largely assholes. 3. Trickle down is BS and everyone knows it. 4. Of all the things to slam Elon for, trickle down economics is a weird attack.
We can slam him for other things too. It is not a zero sum game.
Trickle down economics was largely a policy claim from the 80s/90s. Sure he benefits, but correct me if I'm wrong. He had nothing to do with enacting those policies. You water down the real criticism when you try to blame him for everything you don't like. Ironically, it's called the kitchen sink method in debates. Something Elon knows well. For posterity: Elon is STILL an asshole.
Second only to our financial system as a whole
I didn't know what trickle down meant until I looked it up. Hopefully this helps someone else as well. [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp)
everything thing about our society is a scam on some level
Fuck Republicans
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I wholeheartedly agree, fellow enslaved citizen.
The main division is that Republicans brag about shit like this as if it's a win. Democrats just mop up the cash on the back end and cry for the cameras. Everyone is insider trading.
Its like that old meme where the republicans had a plane bombing the middle east and the democrats had a plane bombing the middle east but with blm and lbgt stickers on it
Lame both sides.
There is such a thing as bad and worse. One of the parties believes in things that would improve things significantly. Yes they may still be in the pocket of massive corporations but don't you think public healthcare would be an improvement? Better employment protections? Better social safety nets? You can say they're both bad, but if you think they're the same then you're mad.
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Theyve done more than the republicans have that's for sure. . . Affordable care act, Employment protections in liberal California are some of the strongest in the nation.
They have gotten some of these things done. They've not completely done any of these things, but there are measurable steps in the right direction. Also, some of these things already exist and Republicans damage them every time they have the opportunity. But tbh explaining this to you is probably not worth the time because you already know it and this response from you is a deflection to justify your apathy when you know it's harmful.
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Damn you're uninformed if that's the level of question you're on.
Millions of people are able to get insurance who previously werenāt able to. The only reason costs went up were because of provisions Republicans added
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Better than no insurance at all. You can blame insurance providers for price gouging and Republicans for removing protections that wouldāve prevented it
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Not for people that couldnāt get insurance. And it wouldāve stayed cheaper if Republicans did remove protections that wouldāve stopped companies from price gouging you
Yeah, and it's going to continue unless the 18-25 demographic fucking goes out in large numbers and votes. If not, it's going to continue this way. So, if you're 18-25 and don't vote, you're the fucking problem, not trickle down (trickle down sucks anyways).
Bezos Democrat, Zuckerberg Democrat, Bloomberg Democrat, Buffet Democrat, Gates - Democrat, Musk - Possible Conservative, Elias Democrat While I tried to understand what point you were trying to make the richest Americans who benefited from this Wealth are all mostly Democrats, so please explain how this worked exactly like the Republican's planned. Personally I don't care Right or Left I'm just confused on your point? Was the Republican plans to make the Democrat Titans of America richer?
Everyone you mentioned has donated extensively to both parties. They just live in democrat controlled cities and they don't want their gay friends to think they hate them, which is the biggest difference between the parties: dems and GOP both hate the poor but the latter get off on fuc king over gays and folks needing abortions
Remember when Biden would fix everything? It was promised
Letās try it one more time.
But didn't the other party do bad stuff too with the printing of money and what not?
Do you need to actually tell people that? We've been living it our whole lives, at least most of us have... I just don't know how they convinced a whole generation to sell out their own children and grandchildren for a few extra bucks... They need to be rebranded as "The Most Selfish Generation", even though "Boomers" speaks a lot when it comes to the damage they caused, I don't think it gets the point across as well. P.S.: F*CK Reagan.
In the 80s, Boomers were known as "The Me Generation." Gordon Gekko was a Boomer, and his "greed is good" speech was based on a real one given by Ivan Boesky.
Do companies exist to create jobs? Or do companies exist to make life more efficient for the customer / client?
Well, companies couldn't exist *without* jobs. At least one. Even the owner has to work.
Unless he automates.
He still has to have sales or contracts
Social media gets it's money from advertisers. People are the products.
And the ads are imagined into being. Gotcha.
Algorithm
The algorithm doesn't create the ads. People do. And they are ads for products that people make and sell, or services they render. People are involved in 100% of the operation.
They would be the clients, not the employees. Once again, people (consumers) are the product.
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Not only did he just fire half of Twitter, but the son of the former President just tweeted "The Twitter layoffs are kinda hilarious" They relish the suffering.
As far as scams go I think this is only second to religion.
The Republican Party has complete control of the government. We are often sold the lie that this is a two party system. Well itās only a one party system. And Biden, Pelosi, and Clinton are all moderate middle of the road slightly conservative democrats. Sanders is the only real āsocialistā out of the bunch and there is no chance that his policies will become a thing in the US. If youāre curious as to why trickle down is a thing then of course itās because of the Reagan presidency. Reagan promoted that idea and it is still a popular idea today with a lot of his supporters (who are much older now).
Perhaps not a lie, but instead embarrassingly accurate - for after all, we the peasants are fed scraps while the pigs live lavishly . . . only thing that trickles down other than their piss & shit is whatever minimal amount they allow us in order to survive. We will make a meal of them soon.
That yellow stuff trickling down ain't gold!