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the problem with trickle down economy is two fold mr mccain.

Rich people do not go out and buy ford. They buy peuget, they buy japanese airplanes, they pay swedish designers for house blueprints and then pay italian sculptors to work the marble.

This money is not trickling down in any shape or form. And while yes this may be anecdotal, I feel that if I were super rich I wouldn't go out of my way to buy american products.

Poor people on the other hand pay 100% of there money into american pockets. They buy buy Nike, they buy Kmart, they buy milk, and food, cigarettes, and lottery tickets.
Most of this money goes back into the economy, so yes although they only pay 3% of the tax income, they keep the companies in business, they contribute to state income (cigarette tax@