@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 10 months agoAmericans Are Wising Up to the GOP’s Tired Trickle-Down Scamwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down15
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minus-squareSternlinkfedilink47•10 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-squareBilliamlinkfedilink29•10 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-square@CaptSneeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoHappy cake day! First one I’ve noticed since joining lemmy.
minus-square@rayyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•10 months agoThe sparrow in this analogy is of course the workers, who can pick the shit for the grain.
minus-square@tootoughtoremember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•10 months agoI don’t know, trickle down always sounded like piss play to me. Not much better, worse? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
minus-square@zbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilink0•10 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.
The sparrow in this analogy is of course the workers, who can pick the shit for the grain.
I don’t know, trickle down always sounded like piss play to me. Not much better, worse? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The revolution will not be televised. Can’t imagine that metaphor coming up on 60 minutes.