Nice history revision.  The first Bush, read my lips, signed a luxury tax into law that sent a sound economy into recession, and cost him re-election after he had the highest approval rating of any president in our history. Next came Bill Clinton, who apologized for having taxes raised too much and tanking the economy, and where we get the quote: "it's the economy, stupid." Before Bush W took office the dow jones tanked sending America into recession, and was further tanked after 9-11. The tax cuts that came went to everyone, not just the rich as your history revision claims. Now, for those of us who do our homework, every time America has had outrageous tax rates it has stalled the economy causing recessions, and why JFK addressed this issue when he called for tax cuts to stimulate the economy, something Reagan reminded Ted Kennedy. As for trickle down, that's liberal propaganda as Reaganomics begins with trickle up socioeconomics-economics 101. It brilliantly lifted the poor.