At a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said tax breaks and benefits for the wealthy don't "trickle down" to the rest of society.

Once again, the lick-spittle Republicans in Congress are on the verge of bowing to their dear precious leader and giving him what he wants at our expense. Republicans harp on the need to cut the ...

There have been “fifty years in which we did not make the right decisions” for the economy as a country, says Fmr. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, explaining why claims of trickle-down economics ...

Why doesn't a rising tide raise all or most boats? That is: how does wealth manage to get "sequestered" with the wealthiest? [In theory], they don't put it in big money rooms like Scrooge McDuck: they ...

What is the definition of insanity? A popular quote — attributed to Albert Einstein but most likely from author Rita Mae Brown (novel “Sudden Death” published in 1983; character of Jane Fulton) — ...

Dear 2025, don’t let the door hit you on your ass on the way out. You will be remembered as the year the culture wars came home to roost. While trickle-down economics is demonstrably fake news, ...

A day after delivering a sweeping take down of Donald Trump on the economy, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday laid out her plan to spur growth, saying she wanted an economic system that “works for everyone ...

Two months ago, a storm hit Springfield with possible tornadoes and high winds, resulting in major damage to trees, property, and homes. Limbs and trees are still down throughout my neighborhood and ...

On July 4, President Trump signed what he called a "big beautiful bill." Needless to say, I would call it something else entirely. At its core, the bill makes tax cuts to the wealthy permanent, at the ...

I never believed in trickle-down economics. Until now. Trickle-down economics insists that tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses eventually “trickle down” to those who are less fortunate. It sounds ...

Who could have anticipated a term from the Reaganomics of the 1980s could apply to an economic stimulus package in 2009? But it does: The term was trickle-down economics -- the Reagan-era phrase that ...