50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
www.cbsnews.com
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.
  • teuast@lemmy.ca
    28·
    1 year ago

    yeah, but it was repurposed for that. “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” also has its origins in a saying referring to something that is impossible, but was later repurposed into having the opposite connotation for most people.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      15·
      1 year ago

      Also when conservatives quote MLK about ‘judging people by the content of their character’, and nothing else.