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Reeves to say cuts to City red tape will bring trickle-down benefits to households (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 days ago by RubberDuck@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fuck a trickle.

Trickle down economics has never and will never work, it's a fucking lie.

Give us a wave, give us a tidal wave of benefits via the government taxing the cunts and giving that wealth directly into the hands of the population at large. Benefit society as a whole, not just the rich cunts at the top, and a tiny trickle for the plebs at the bottom because they need to pay us something to keep their offices running.

Tory policy dressed up in red. New Labour are useless.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Not this crap again.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Its been proven by multiple studies that trickle down does not work to benefit the majority, so considering her previous job, either Reeves is thick as fuck or she thinks you are.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Trickle down economics! BINGO!

[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago

I'm not a fan of Reeves in the slightest and do believe we should be extremely suspicious of anything she says. Having said that please read the article. it's such a weird take from the Guardian, some truly baffling mental gymnastics on display here.

[–] DaiDactylos@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

The only trickling that happens is from someone pissing on your leg and telling you it's raining.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

😬

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Can we crowd fund a well known artist. To paint a picture of Reeves happily recieving this golden trickle from some city business owners.

A banksy in her constituency would be fantastic.

Heck maybe we can create some stencils and paint them all over London..

If we pair them with cartoons of happy commoners balanced on the fire hose of tax dollars spent on services and inferstructure. While they spend on essentials. We may be able to beat the message into voters minds.

If we really want to labour the point. Fire hose can be connected to a gov milking machine connected to the cocks of Bezos and Musk etc.