The charitable ways of Gates and Buffett also provide living proof that the "trickle-down theory" is in fact reality.

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They have tried to sell us this trickle-down theory before.

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This trickle-down theory of free speech is probably premature.

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He has condemned his Republican opponents for what he called "you're on your own economics" and said that the trickle-down theory - that when the rich get richer so does everybody else - "has never worked".

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The trickle-down theory has reached rock-bottom.

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And you would think that after the results of this experiment in trickle-down economics, after the results were made painfully clear, that the proponents of this theory might show some humility, might moderate their views a bit.

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