Trickle Down Economics


	Trickle Down Economics

ljsdesign

9-22-2009 11:20 AM

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they may choose not to reinvest that money, meaning that no funds “trickle down” to people in lower socioeconomic classes. The tax burden on the middle class may also increase as the government struggles to keep tax revenues high enough to fund itself.

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