11-17-2016, 11:30 PM
(11-17-2016, 10:07 PM)GMDino Wrote: Don't fall over...but I totally agree with this. Especially the bolded part. "Trickle up economics" is something I support.
Poorer people will spend the money they make. Richer people will save it.
The problem is the folks on the right tend see that last paragraph and "big government interfering with business".
And that is what makes it all very difficult. What policies can be implemented that will carry this effect? How will they play out in the arena of public opinion? What will they cost? How are they enforced? The broad idea of what will fix this seems simple, implementing it is difficult. Especially since the largest and most influential lobbying power in this country will fight them tooth and nail.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
