Economic Policy: Birds are starving feed horses more oats

Economics is one of several domains of knowledge for which I have an aversion. I did take a course in economics in college many years ago and it dealt a heavy blow to my grade-point average.

This fact may be evident by my question; isn’t there a better economic policy than feeding the birds by giving the horses more oats?

i'm not sure if this belongs in Politics, but it doesn't belong here.

I was gonna comment on this topic too...

Deep, man. REAL deep.

*plays bongos*

Birds are starving feed horses more oats,, is a valid and viable economic model.

If we were to simply feed the birds only they would benefit and the horses would not. If we feed the horses more oats both they and the birds benefit.
Sounds like sound economic policy to me.

Have you never seen birds feeding on the undigested oats in horse droppings? Analyze the economic policy of capitalism in America. An example might be when we pay CEOs 600 times what we pay the average worker; or when we cut the taxes for the wealthy so that they can build more factories.

Some might call this a trickle-down economy.

Have you never seen birds feeding on the undigested oats in horse droppings? Analyze the economic policy of capitalism in America. An example might be when we pay CEOs 600 times what we pay the average worker; or when we cut the taxes for the wealthy so that they can build more factories.

Some might call this a trickle-down economy.

Some might call this horse hockey.

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SMW

P.S. Sorry, coberst... I'm sure you probably have a valid point. So what if only you and Frogger understand it? It's all good, darlin. Carry on.

Have you never seen birds feeding on the undigested oats in horse droppings? Analyze the economic policy of capitalism in America. An example might be when we pay CEOs 600 times what we pay the average worker; or when we cut the taxes for the wealthy so that they can build more factories.

Some might call this a trickle-down economy.


Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough. I know what you were getting at. You were giving an example of trickle down economics, an economic policy with which I am in agreement. as in trickle down economics both the horse and the birds benefit.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough. I know what you were getting at. You were giving an example of trickle down economics, an economic policy with which I am in agreement. as in trickle down economics both the horse and the birds benefit.

I think he was trying to explain the theory to me, Frogger. You know... the dumb one here???

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Economic Policy: Birds are starving feed horses more oats

Economics is one of several domains of knowledge for which I have an aversion. I did take a course in economics in college many years ago and it dealt a heavy blow to my grade-point average.

This fact may be evident by my question; isn’t there a better economic policy than feeding the birds by giving the horses more oats?
Oversimplifying economic policy by reducing it to a simple analogy involving animals is harmful to everyone, including the birds and horses.

I'm actually considering a minor in economics.... I know next to nothing about it now, but it's SO interesting. I think I might struggle at it though - seems too much like math for my liberal arts tastes. :p

Oversimplifying economic policy by reducing it to a simple analogy involving animals is harmful to everyone, including the birds and horses.

I do not usually prefer bumper sticker philosophy but often that is the only kind that our educational system has prepared us to comprehend.

I'm actually considering a minor in economics.... I know next to nothing about it now, but it's SO interesting. I think I might struggle at it though - seems too much like math for my liberal arts tastes. :p


My general attitude toward economics is that God created economists to prepare logical arguments for their boss that will support what that boss wants to do.