This hybrid of raising taxes on top earners and retaining the benefits of trickle down theory would slice right down the middle between the moderate Republican and Democratic positions, and would scream for a compromise by the two sides whose mainstreams are really not that far apart.

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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.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

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.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at the Associated Press Luncheon