Originally Posted by Robbie

So, let's say a big company opens in an area...they hire 1000 people with good salaries.

Those thousand people now can afford to buy more things. So they spend more on nicer clothing. Go out to dinner more often. Go to the movies. Maybe buy a new car from a local dealer, etc.

Now the grocery store, the restaurants, the movie theater, clothing store, home improvement stores, local 7-11 store, etc., etc. are getting more business.
Matter of fact, new stores start to sprout up: a new cellphone store, a new video game store, a new Walmart, etc.

More jobs. More economic power.

Isn't that "trickle down" economics? It seems to make perfect sense to me. Where am I seeing things wrong on that?
I'm not "conservative", but I think that scenario works a helluva lot better than the current record numbers of people on food stamps and/or working part time jobs as companies try to avoid the onerous regulations of "ObamaCare"

Are you implying that I am "non-thinking and ignorant" because I have seen what happens when business thrives in cities?
And I have seen what happens when "thinking and enlightened" "liberal" economic policies are in place for decades: Detroit, Chicago, Oakland are just a few of those places.

I just don't see how you can look at things and not see with your own eyes that when business thrives in a community...the money does indeed "trickle down". How could it not?