Definitions for trickle-down
trickle-down

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1. trickle-downadjective

   Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor

2. trickle-downadjective

   That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trickle-down in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trickle-down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of trickle-down in a Sentence

1. Jared Bernstein:

   One thing that you have to watch for is people just tacking the words poverty and inequality onto a pre-existing agenda that has very little to do with addressing those problems, for the most part, I hear lots of the same trickle-down economics that helped to get us into this mess in the first place.

2. Pedro Antunes:

   You've essentially cut your revenue stream in half in terms of oil revenues, that will have important repercussions and it will trickle down through all parts of the economy though we are most concerned about investment.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   You could see on that stage in Las Vegas how we are maybe approaching these problems with different solutions, but we're both seeing the pressures that American families are under and the challenges that they're facing, we're not peddling the same old failed policies of trickle-down economics and let the corporations do what they want and cut taxes on the wealthy.

4. Lucas Chancel:

   The work that we've been doing really shows that, in fact, these claims -- or this idea of trickle-down economics -- does not pass the scrutiny of data, key lessons from the past 40 years of data is that the cuts in top tax rates have not triggered prosperity for all, as they were supposed to trigger.

5. Joe Biden:

   Folks, it’s the same old trickle-down dressed up in MAGA clothing, only worse.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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