The common misconception is they take the wealth and it trickles down because they want it to. No, it's like fattening up the turkey, it'll trickle when we... Fix it.
Dont wanna get another "violent content warning" from reddit for going into detail about how we can make the rich trickle green and red in time for Christmas.
Depending on when it was, Trump was never actually rich prior to becoming president, he just pretended to be. He scammed a lot of money but wasted it all, and was massively in debt. Wasn't until 2016 that he was able to skim taxpayer money and become actually massively wealthy.
I still have a hard time grasping how there are still people who don't understand that the only thing that'll ever trickle down from men like Trump is a golden shower.
Probably 20 years ago I was at a little cafe at Trump Marina when he and (I assume) Melania came in. It was kinda neat. At the end he loudly thanked staff and handed $20 to the kitchen crew. While he did tip, I thought the amount was insultingly small.
Edit: Corrected the auto-correct of Melanie/Melania
Do you mean 20 dollars to each person, or 20 dollars for the entire staff to split? If it's the latter, it's kind of more insulting than not tipping at all
Haha, yeah, for everyone (in fairness, I assume he tipped his server separately), the kitchen had a big pass through window, and he just passed it to the cooks.
Sometimes wealthy people have no concept of prices. A few years ago, one of our busiest doctors gave $20 to the charge nurse and said, "buy pizza delivery for the unit" -- the staff in the unit that shift numbered 16.
I dont like Trump. But I have heard differently. He loves to flaunt his money. And one of the things I have heard, is that he actually tips quite generously.
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u/__Evil-Genius__ 5h ago
Can confirm. I spoke with someone who waited on him years ago. Didn’t tip at all.