Oct 28, 2009

The Trickle Down Plot

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Proponents of trickle down employ a curious logic: transfer more and more money to the rich and it will lift up the poor and middle-class. They never seem to be satisfied with decades of tax cuts or exorbitant compensation, always demanding more under the guise that it will help everyone beneath them. Maybe they have a plan...


2 Comments:

Anonymous C. said...

Awesome strip and awesome quote. It always gets me how so many people buy into the hype, even at their own expense. :sigh:

11:14 AM  
Blogger DL said...

And, BTW, most ex-Marxists are capable of deffending that "relative immiseration" of the working class is a way to prevent "absolute immiseration" of all. Well, with unemployment rising, we must assume that "absolute" is "relative".

4:32 PM  

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