jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoAmericans Are Wising Up to the GOP’s Tired Trickle-Down Scamwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down15
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minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·5 months agoTrickle down used to be called horse and sparrow. The idea was that if a horse ate a whole lot of oats, some wouldn’t get digested and the sparrow could eat them. I wonder why they don’t use that metaphor today 🤔
minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·5 months agoBecause it’s stupid easy to debunk with one question: If you want to feed the sparrows, why don’t you give them oats directly instead of making them pick through horseshit?
minus-squareCaptSneeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoHappy cake day! First one I’ve noticed since joining lemmy.
minus-squaretootoughtoremember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI don’t know, trickle down always sounded like piss play to me. Not much better, worse? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarerayyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoThe sparrow in this analogy is of course the workers, who can pick the shit for the grain.
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoThe revolution will not be televised. Can’t imagine that metaphor coming up on 60 minutes.
Trickle down used to be called horse and sparrow. The idea was that if a horse ate a whole lot of oats, some wouldn’t get digested and the sparrow could eat them. I wonder why they don’t use that metaphor today 🤔
Because it’s stupid easy to debunk with one question:
Happy cake day! First one I’ve noticed since joining lemmy.
I don’t know, trickle down always sounded like piss play to me. Not much better, worse? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The sparrow in this analogy is of course the workers, who can pick the shit for the grain.
The revolution will not be televised. Can’t imagine that metaphor coming up on 60 minutes.