What popular quote are you tired of hearing?
What popular quote are you tired of hearing?
Bonus points if it's usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it
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That trickle-down economics quote. There's studies about it [not working] published but it's just studies.
The original quote is "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" from Galbraith.
I imagine people are not yet ready to learn this "promise" ain't holding water.
The original quote is "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" from Galbraith.
If my goal is to feed sparrows that's a very costly and inefficient method. I also end up with an overweight horse.
... and a lot of horse shit.
Checks out with economics results
So we all get to eat shit? Is that the point of the quote?
I don't understand how that is meant to be supportive of trickle-down economics.
"horse and sparrow" discourse was intended to be a criticism of supply side economics, not supportive of it.
I don't think the original quote is what they use. I just found the relatively more glorified version commonly used:
give the tax cuts to the top brackets, the wealthiest individuals and largest enterprises, and let the good effects 'trickle down' through the economy to reach everyone else.
apparently also called "supply-side doctrine."