Trickle. . .

 . . . down

Why is it when I hear the words “trickle down” I only think of PISS?


(from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-the-us-economy-really-needs-to-recover/)
"A recent uptick in employee earnings has some experts saying the economic recovery, during which income gains have gone almost entirely to affluent Americans, is beginning to trickle down. Such a rise is critical not only to lifting economic growth in the short term, but sustaining the robust consumer spending that the U.S. economy needs to thrive.

No need to rush out and buy an umbrella just yet. The Commerce Department reported that average income rose 0.3 percent in January after being flat the prior month. Government economists also said that if it hadn't been for the expiration of jobless benefits for more than 1 million unemployed people at the end of December, the jump would have been even greater.  .  ."

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Worth. . .

. . . measured by money

Annual Salaries of selected 'celebrities'
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Justin Bieber       $55 million
Jennifer Lopez    $12 million
Alex Rodriguez  27.5 million
Ryan Seacrest     $15 million
Johan Santana    $24 million
Oprah Winfrey  $325 million
Peyton Manning   $24 million
Judge Judy          $45 million
David Letterman $28 million
Katie Couric        $15 million
Tom Brady          $18 million

Complain if you want and you'll only receive agreement from me, but our  'celebrities' are  grossly overpaid.  Whether or not they are underworked will be a topic for another time.  These amounts of money, while indicative of a tremendous amount of public support (i.e., fans), is, on a pragmatic level, uncomprehendingly unnecessary for one person to thrive.

But complaining alone accomplishes nothing and saps valuable time from a life better lived.
Yet if you feel strongly about it, there IS something that you can do.

DO NOT SUPPORT THEM.

Do not buy products by them or by the merchants that sponsor them.  Do not pay for a ticket to one of their concerts, CDs, DVDs or games.  This and this alone removes your contribution to their hefty salaries and thus from the equation completely.

Can't do THAT!, you say?

Then don't complain.

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