Up One Level. The Book. Chapter 28 Excerpt. The Trickle-Down Effect.

“While I Have Your Attention” The Trickle-Down Effect You remember President Reagan’s “Trickle Down economics” don’t you?…Duh! Webster defines this theory as “a theory in economics that...

We're From The Government, And We're Here To Help You

Below is a repost of an article I wrote for The Coyote facebook page. ________________________________________________________________ On March 3rd, Rachel Maddow was on "The Tonight Show" with Jay...

Ronald Reagan Tried to Kill America

These days, Ronald Reagan has been deified into a heroic figure remembered for his famous demand of Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!" This was an entertaining and invigorating moment for the former actor,...

Don't Trickle on Me!

Ever since the days of Ronald Reagan's presidency we have heard the term Trickle Down applied to economics. The actual theory is called Supply Side Economics Theory, and it is an idea that if you cut or...

Improve the Economy vol 2: Trickle Up Economics

This is the second installment in a series suggesting ways to improve the economy from a middle class point of view. This series is meant not only to read but as a call to duty. We, the working class, are the backbone of this country, and without us, America is nothing. It's time we remind our elected officials of this.

Bush/Paulson Propose Foreclosure Moratorium...NOT!

We've seen the Top-Down bailout proposal by King Henry, whereby all us little schmoes are saving by giving a trillion dollars of taxpayer money to mega-financial institutions and hoping the trickle-down...

Effects of the Recession in Canada and How To Survive It

We knew the call would be coming. We were edgy and worried and every ring of the telephone had us biting our nails and crossing our fingers. Lay-offs were happening everywhere and there was no such thing as...

Stop Redistributing My Wealth...

I was watching some politician on FOX the other night and I started wondering if he had ever really been in my shoes. I began wondering where he might have come from in order to think so close minded. Maybe...

Trickle Up or trickle Down Environmentalism

  You know I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about the whole global warming, climate change and renewable energy debate.  I really don’t know who is right – do you?  Well I do know that my...

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