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"trickle down" (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2012
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yellerpup
(12,253 posts)1. An accurate portrayal
of the architects of trickle down. K&R
auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)2. The GOP's trickle down theory defies gravity
All the wealth seems to trickle UP...
Citizen Worker
(1,785 posts)3. Trickle down is a euphemism for offshore bank accounts.
stufl
(96 posts)4. Isn't that Walter Kronkite next to Reagan?
You premise is sound but the picture needs to be changed.
mikekohr
(2,312 posts)6. That's the visual here's the graph. The Middle Class Has Gotten Screwed.
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That flat, light green line is the average income for the bottom 99% of Americans. It was $31,073.00 in 1970. Today is stands at $30,091.00, a decline of 3%.
The bright green line represents the upper 1%. In 1970 the average income for those folks was $318,659.00. Today it stands at $905,570.00, an increase of 284%.
And remember in November, todays entire slate of Republican candidates want to give further breaks to the upper 1% at the expense of the 99%.
cached at:
http://www.bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/2012/01/shocking-new-graph-that-shine-light-on.html
That flat, light green line is the average income for the bottom 99% of Americans. It was $31,073.00 in 1970. Today is stands at $30,091.00, a decline of 3%.
The bright green line represents the upper 1%. In 1970 the average income for those folks was $318,659.00. Today it stands at $905,570.00, an increase of 284%.
And remember in November, todays entire slate of Republican candidates want to give further breaks to the upper 1% at the expense of the 99%.
cached at:
http://www.bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/2012/01/shocking-new-graph-that-shine-light-on.html
zbdent
(35,392 posts)7. There you go ... misspelling "trickled on" ...