Russell McMahon wrote:
>>saw it as good, and adopted it. Thus, trickle-down Reagonimics was
>>born. Steal from the middle class, give to the rich, and it'll
>>trickle on down to the poor. We've all been laughing ever since,
>
>While we are so gloriously OT -
>
>The "trickle down" theory has never (as far as I know)(BIMBW) been espoused
>seriously by anyone ever.


You weren't in america early 1980s, were you?
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>
>But,then, I've never heard of the Laugher curve so perhaps someone was in
>fact silly enough to seriously suggest this.
>


As already said, our president, 1980-1988. The foundation
theory of Reagonomics. Arthur Laugher [Laffer??] and his
theory written on a napkin.

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