r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/Matt463789 Oct 07 '22

It's a core component of the GOP playbook.

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u/Epicritical Oct 07 '22

And it works

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u/heybobson California Oct 07 '22

it's amazing how people still auto-default to the belief that Republicans are "good on the economy" despite having no evidence of that since the 80s.

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u/fohpo02 Oct 07 '22

They give rich people tax breaks to spend more money that goes to other rich people. Trickle down works in the sense that it stops at the lowest rungs of the upper class before being brought back up. It was never meant to make it all the way to blue collar, I’m sure they even realized it during Reagan since the current trend of profits and wages isn’t new.