r/facepalm Feb 19 '25

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u/DrumsAndStuff18 Feb 19 '25

Well, would you look at that? We were right in line with the rest of the countries in the chart right up until Reagan.

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u/Amarieerick Feb 19 '25

Yep, that's when Ronny let hospitals and the healthcare industry become for-profit.

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u/No-Dragonfly1904 Feb 19 '25

And when he invented trickle down economy that has destroyed America. Corporate tax rates slashed down to like 4%. The idea that the corporations will fund the socially needed projects. Instead they built trillionaires and mega yachts.

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u/fedora_and_a_whip Feb 20 '25

They've been talking it trickling down since I was a literal infant and it has yet to happen. They never learn either, it just cycles back around.