Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

This is utterly unsurprising. Entirely predictable. This is why I protested and called and posted about the #TaxScamBill as leader of my local #Indivisible chapter. 1/https://twitter.com/jimtankersley/status/961969016725221376 …

#Trickle-down economics has never worked. The architect of trickle-down economics under Reagan, @BruceBartlett, has renounced the theory and railed against it ever since. 2/

#Kansas tried it under Brownback, leading to economic devastation for the state. Failing schools. Crumbling infrastructure. They had to go back and raise taxes again. 3/

And who suffers when we try this experiment over and over again? The poor. The sick. The elderly. Women. People of color. All while the rich line their pockets and the gap between the haves and the have-nots widens. 4/

Corporations simply don’t give away their earnings for no reason. The have a fiduciary responsibility to enrich their shareholders. They only share the wealth when they can’t fill their open jobs. 5/

Worse, these types of conditions often lead to an economic downturn. US history is littered with examples of tax cuts followed by financial crashes. I fear we are headed that way. 6/