@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 1 year ago50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS Newswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down114cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.eefinance@beehaw.org
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minus-square@teuast@lemmy.calinkfedilink28•1 year agoyeah, but it was repurposed for that. “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” also has its origins in a saying referring to something that is impossible, but was later repurposed into having the opposite connotation for most people.
minus-square@jonne@infosec.publinkfedilink16•1 year agoAlso when conservatives quote MLK about ‘judging people by the content of their character’, and nothing else.
yeah, but it was repurposed for that. “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” also has its origins in a saying referring to something that is impossible, but was later repurposed into having the opposite connotation for most people.
Also when conservatives quote MLK about ‘judging people by the content of their character’, and nothing else.