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The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern

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Warren Buffett
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Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Warren Buffett: documented activity in 1951. Wikidata Q47213, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47213 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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