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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 55 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The only thing that actually trickles down from the 1% is piss.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If we tried harder some other fluid might be included..

Either way it’s not money, or even valuable.

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'm all for their blood trickling down.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's literally what the term originally alluded to, it was written by a critic of tax cuts for the wealthy.

[–] MrShankles@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just curious, do you have an easily available source, by chance? Or do I need to dig through the search engines' slop for more info?

Wikipedia lol im not a historian or anything -- predecessor to trickle down was horse and sparrow

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Great, now I have way too much piss, zero gold, and InfoWars' revolutionary "turn your piss into gold" program is sold out