Instead of a trickle-down economics, which you had for 8 years--...we got a trickle up. I prefer trickle up.
Chris Van Hollen: “Instead of a trickle-down economics, which you had for 8 years--...we got a trickle up. I prefer trickle up.”
On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
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Advocating for economic policies that benefit the lower and middle class over trickle-down economics.
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