trickle down economics

  Yesterday, I was dismissive of religious fanatics as "primitive." I'll stand by that. Pope Francis is certainly not primitive. Biden is a devout Catholic, we've been told. Unfortunately, Pope Francis is far more progressive than Biden will ever be... and more inspiring and, incredibly, more relevant. It's no wonder far right Catholic extremists curse Francis and call him a "socialist!!" Here's an English translation of Fratelli Tutti, the St.

Opinion – It is really important that the Republican Party decorated its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with the word “Jobs” because the GOP is going to sell this to their base using the magical thinking that giving a big tax cut to corporations is giving a big raise to workers. The idea is that you give more money to big businesses. The executives, in turn, will take that excess money and trickle it down onto their employees in the form of raises.