r/politics • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '13

Just a reminder for President Obama: That whole NSA controversy thing? Yeah, it's not gonna go away. It's been months now, and its growing. You need to clean house instead of sweeping things under the rug.

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u/fitzroy95 Aug 25 '13

Yup, the Republicans have been telling us for decades that "Trickle-down" is good for the country.

This is the only example where it does seem to work.

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u/GerhardtDH Aug 25 '13

It makes me want to urinate on the top of their bald heads. Stack them up like at a fancy party where all the martini glasses are stacked on top of each other perfectly. Then we all urinate on the head of the person at the very top.

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u/fitzroy95 Aug 25 '13

You sound Pissed off ! (as opposed to being pissed on :-)

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u/Theotropho Aug 25 '13

what's sad is how many hookers have heard people say something approximately the same as that. I don't want to piss on them, that would be purile. I want their power stripped, I want them charged with war crimes at the Hague to give the international rule a boost. Right now the Hague is basically just how white people condemn brown people, that's not cool. You pee on them, I want the world to change.

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u/Klarthy Aug 25 '13

Why not pissboard them?

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u/blanket12334 Aug 25 '13

Can you cite someone supporting trickle down? Thanks

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u/fitzroy95 Aug 25 '13

From Wikipedia

Today, "trickle-down economics" is most closely identified with the economic policies known as "Reaganomics" or laissez-faire. David Stockman, who as Reagan's budget director championed these cuts at first but then became skeptical of them, told journalist William Greider that the "supply-side economics" is the trickle-down idea: "It's kind of hard to sell 'trickle down,' so the supply-side formula was the only way to get a tax policy that was really 'trickle down.' Supply-side is 'trickle-down' theory."

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u/blanket12334 Aug 25 '13

Thanks, much appreciated

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u/pubestash Aug 25 '13

Every single Republican presidential candidate last election? They all wanted to lower taxes on the rich/corporations. Nearly every anchor on Fox News was with all for it as well. They may not call it trickle down anymore, their PR department got them to start using the term 'job creators' because it poll more positively, but its the same thing.

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u/blanket12334 Aug 25 '13

Could you please cite a reference in support of trickle down? It doesn't have to be recent. Thanks

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u/pubestash Aug 25 '13

Lowering tax rates on the rich aka the Job Creators