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50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
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[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months 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 16 points 10 months ago

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

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