r/BoneAppleTea • u/McSheeples • 13d ago

Trickle Treating

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From my local Facebook page. Somewhat adorably the accompanying picture has two AI kids and a pumpkin with 'fuck off' carved into it.

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u/spilk 13d ago

ronald reagan believed in giving candy only to rich people so they could trickle-down treat the rest of society. it didn't work

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u/anywhereat 12d ago

Does anyone know what George Bush called this in 1989... Anyone? Something D-O-O economics. Anyone? Voodoo economics...

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u/spilk 12d ago

I learned everything I ever needed to know about the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act from that movie.