The "Trickle-down" theory

[Canuckistanian]

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

[luv_mykatz]

1. Perfect and accurate description.

[NBachers]

2. And here's a solution

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I might switch "table scraps" to "crumbs" but other than that

quite accurate

[safeinOhio]

4. Trickle-down is a

theory. Supply and demand is a law.

[Trillo]

8. hmm

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]

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]

6. Yes, the trickle down theory is the tinkle on reality.

[baldguy]

7. Trickle-down theory: Where you get pissed on & the pisser tries to convince you that it's rain.