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calimary

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21. It was never "trickle down."

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 01:12 PM

Oct 2022

It was more like “pee upon.”

Those on the economic levels below could expect steady and regular “deliveries.”

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Remember all those times tax cuts trickled down to working people? IronLionZion Oct 2022 #7

The working people in China maybe. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #12

The working people in China maybe. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #14

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