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Chris -- 2018-04-11
This newer phrase successfully evokes an image of what the rich are doing to the rest of us. It’s also fairly common. But its potential weakness as a candidate eggcorn is that I’m not sure if anyone ever uses it unknowingly. Examples:
The lending melt down is a first class demonstration of the failure of tinkle down economics.
warmailyou.bmx.lv/.../26/but-fast-home-sell-danielson-at-santa-clara-said-that-not-everyone-on-his-campus/
Only true sycophants of tinkle-down economics could view the consumption of over $160 billion per year in Social Security surplus as not counting as debt.
lkmp.blogspot.com/2005/01/roaring-start.html
Some of the fall out of tinkle down economics is starting to show.
www.blueoregon.com/2006/02/winning_the_sec.html
Check out Montana where they are suing Walmart for the millions others have to pay due to a lack of insurance for them. Tinkle down economics don’t work.
forums.therandirhodesshow.com/lofiversion/index.php/t67465-50.html
Take the example of tinkle down economics. The idea is that is government panders enough to rich people, the wealth will trickle down through the economy …
corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/2004/10/good-enough-governmenthow.html
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I love this. Obviously closely related to the substitution of “pee on” for “peon” already posted. . . http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=1943
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Tinkle down on the pee-ons. Oh, well, I’m sure it’s all in good sport.
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