Getting It Completely Wrong

Wiley usually gets it right, but sometimes he gets it so wrong I question his sanity. He’s the one who had his character “Obviousman” cause an old man with a sign saying “there are no absolutes” to “blow his mind” when he told him it’s obvious there were. He was right, then. And I enjoy his cartoons lampooning business and politics. But sometimes, he’s SO wrong it shows ignorance. Such is the case in this cartoon, which shows a complete ignorance of how “trickle-down economics” (sometimes known as “supply-side economics”) works. In “trickle-down economics,” when people invest their money and make a lot of it, the profits “trickle down” to those he hires, and those whose services he uses at THEIR profit to help him make that money. Without him, there would be NO profits for anybody. It has nothing to do with giving money away. (Non Sequitur)