And when has there ever been "trickle up" or "flow sideways?"

There's a great show on BBC-America called "Dragon's Den." It probably best explains to folk how venture capital works, who invests in new business, and why - the real "trickle down."

Government is not the driver or fuel for the economic engine. Most of the time government acts like a potato stuck in the exhaust pipe.

If the government was collectively smart on economics, it wouldn't be in the red itself, with the only solution always being to raise taxes on the populace..