The left has been trying that “bottom-up” thing since at least Johnson’s “great society” and it’s failed miserably. All it has achieved after 4 decades is 3 generations of welfare families, dependent on the working folks to carry their weight.
Longer than that. Try the "New Deal" programs by FDR. "Pump-priming" economics does NOT work. It didn't work in the 1930s, it won't work now. All it did then was exacerbate the Great Depression. How much worse and how much longer will this current crisis get with FDR/LBJ/BHO economics?
Casino politics.
How many trillions of dollars have been spent on poverty, social programs, nationalization and rescue monies for overdrawn budgets?
Do we even know anymore? FDR, LBJ, BJC, and now this.
It must be in the trillions. We have spent the national wealth, relying on our people and technology to make enough to cover the bets.
The problem is that casino politics, like all betting, only favors the house. You don’t go to Vegas without enough money that you can afford to lose because ‘Vinny’ is waiting to collect.
America needs a Vinny. Oh wait. He’s at the door.
All it has achieved after 4 decades is 3 generations of welfare families, dependent on the working folks to carry their weight.”
I need to adjust your math:
After 45 years, it has produced more like 5 generations, as these welfare people breed faster than flies. They then get their moment in the sun with an appearance on Maury Povich.