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JonLP24

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5. Interesting you say that

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 09:52 PM

Jan 2015

since people with the money to buy plenty of things they don't need is good for the overall economy. It is why we went from the "Great Depression" to "consumerism". It also isn't helpful to monopoly to help explain why wealthy business owners & investors would back "trickle down" even though it isn't conducive to the overall health of the economy. It helps the very rich become richer but even Kmart suffers while Wal*Mart expands & grows. Money is like a drug to the Koch brothers types.

It fits with your demand emphasis.

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Talking Point Alert: Can we please change "Middle Class Economics" to "Trickle Up Economics?" [View all] TrollBuster9090 Jan 2015 OP

Right now we've got Geyser economics. Everything rushes to the top explosively. n/t MANative Jan 2015 #1

I don't like it. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #2

Interesting you say that JonLP24 Jan 2015 #5

As someone who went to school for economics JonLP24 Jan 2015 #3

Personally, I prefer the term "percolate up economics" meow2u3 Jan 2015 #4