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Remember that time when industrialists told their workers if they just worked hard enough and saved enough money they'd soon have workers' rights and universal health care and that was how it worked out?

No? Me neither. That's the story of the .

@cweickhmann Is it just as fantastic as the 'trickle down economy'?

@cweickhmann It's basically this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-

The rich get tax cuts because they believe that because of that they can support the lower classes better...

Yeah, it's pretty much a fairy tale they believe in.

@trinsec Sorry, I should've added an <ironic> tag. And yes: of course it's a fetish.

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