The rest drown. It actually did occur to me in the shower just how heartless (but also accidentally accurate) that old conservative political adage really is.

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In practice it is. People use it as a synonym for trickle down economics. As in, the billionaire's yacht rising with the tide will somehow trickle down to the rest of us.

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