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In a moment from bizarro world, yesterday I was listening to some news story and a Republican congressman was criticizing the stimulus package saying that it seems to think that if you spend money at the top it will just trickle down to regular people making their lives better.
He actually used the phrase "trickle down."
Now, he's right about that assumption and it is pretty much the basis of any form of stimulus that is not in the form of direct assistance checks from the government. And Obama has been pretty explicit that the goal is not to give people $500 now but to "lift all boats" so that they are earning money this month and next month and the month after.
Independent of the question as to whether this approach is right or wrong, since when do Republicans find that idea bad?
(Do-si-do, partner's switch sides...)
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