Onion: Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down To Area Man

[villager]

Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down To Area Man

HAZELWOOD, MO—Twenty-six years after Ronald Reagan first set his controversial fiscal policies into motion, the deceased president's massive tax cuts for the ultrarich at last trickled all the way down to deliver their bounty, in the form of a $10 bonus, to Hazelwood, MO car-wash attendant Frank Kellener.

The late President Ronald Reagan clearly had people like present-day car wash attendant Frank Kellener in mind when articulating his "trickle-down" economic theory in the early 1980s.

"Back when Reagan was in charge, I didn't think much of him," Kellener, 57, said, holding up two five-dollar bills nearly three decades in the making. "But who would have thought that in 2007 I'd have this extra $10 in my pocket? He may not have lived to see it, but I'm sure President Reagan is up in heaven smiling down on me right now."


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http://www.theonion.com/content/news/reaganomics_finally_trickles_down

[Yael]

1. Bwa!

This is awesome. :rofl:

[rurallib]

2. Whoa - even the minimum wage increase missed him?

[villager]

4. I don't recall Reagan being the most enthusiastic champion of minimum wage increases...

n/t

[rurallib]

7. I meant earlier this year.

[villager]

8. I don't think earlier this year was "Reaganomics" -- it was House Democrats

n/t

[otherlander]

3. I love the Onion.

It's like a sacred cow burger. :D
http://www.theonion.com/content/magazine/oh_what_a_shame_and_other

[mzmolly]

5. A much needed laugh.

Thanks! :rofl:

[elaineb]

6. Excellent!

I just KNEW Reaganomics would prove itself in the end.

Reaganomics: Even after the death of its promoter, it's the gift that keeps on giving.