Knightskye
05-17-2009, 06:23 PM
http://blog.mises.org/archives/009885.asp
Ever get labeled an advocate for "trickle-down economics"?
Turn it around on them!
But it occurs to me that there might be a way to turn this phrase back on those who push for government intervention, though I'm sure someone else has observed this before. The real theory of trickle down is actually advocated by the interventionists and socialists. They think that if we tax everyone and give money to the government, it will eventually come trickling down to the middle class and the poor. Same with power. If we give more power to the state to regulate and run our lives, this power will trickle down to the rest of us.
Ever get labeled an advocate for "trickle-down economics"?
Turn it around on them!
But it occurs to me that there might be a way to turn this phrase back on those who push for government intervention, though I'm sure someone else has observed this before. The real theory of trickle down is actually advocated by the interventionists and socialists. They think that if we tax everyone and give money to the government, it will eventually come trickling down to the middle class and the poor. Same with power. If we give more power to the state to regulate and run our lives, this power will trickle down to the rest of us.