Highway comparison doesn't work. There was no highway funding before the New Deal because there were no highways. There were wages in 1790. They chose not to

Highway comparison doesn't work. There was no highway funding before the New Deal because there were no highways. There were wages in 1790. They chose not to implement a minimum wage, but they could have if they wanted. --- Regarding "trickle-down economics", this isn't a real term anyone actually argues for. It's a sneer term created for the purpose of strawmanning libertarian economic positions to make them easy to attack. Not sure why this became such a meme, or how so many people seem to not realize that they're attacking an Emmanuel Goldstein. But it would be good if you stuck to criticizing positions that real people actually hold.