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Midnight Writer

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2. Well, lookee there. Every time the 1% wealth goes up, everyone else's wealth goes down.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:02 PM

Dec 13

I reckon that's what "trickle down" means.

Wonder what would happen if the wealth of the 1% went down?

Spoiler: Unless it is from a total economic meltdown, everybody else's piece of the pie would be bigger.

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Gen Z has WILDLY different ideas on wealth and that's why they voted for Trump/Musk [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 13 OP

Gen Z atreides1 Dec 13 #1

Only if you believe the falsehoods in this story. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 13 #6

Well, lookee there. Every time the 1% wealth goes up, everyone else's wealth goes down. Midnight Writer Dec 13 #2

They will be very disappointed as they go through life question everything Dec 13 #3

Like I said to some mad GenZ Trumper kid on Twitter... Blue_Tires Dec 13 #11

Everything is free for Gen Z bucolic_frolic Dec 13 #4

Except Gen Z didn't vote for Trump Fiendish Thingy Dec 13 #5

Most of them didn't vote for the orange degenerate. Basso8vb Dec 13 #7

A salary under $588,000 means you're not successful? DFW Dec 13 #8

I'm 48 and I make way less than 64k in salary Blue_Tires Dec 13 #9

God, please make this shit stop Blue_Tires Dec 13 #10