▁tax ▁cut s ▁for ▁lower - in come ▁groups ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁tax ▁cut s ▁for ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁percent ▁on ▁employ ment ▁growth ▁is ▁small ." ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁usage ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁Democratic ▁president ial ▁candidate ▁William ▁Jenn ings ▁Bry an ▁described ▁the ▁concept ▁using ▁the ▁met ap hor ▁of ▁a ▁" le ak " ▁in ▁his ▁ ▁" There ▁are ▁two ▁ideas ▁of ▁government . ▁There ▁are ▁those ▁who ▁believe ▁that ▁if ▁you ▁just ▁legisl ate ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁well - to - do ▁prosper ous , ▁that ▁their ▁prosper ity ▁will ▁leak ▁through ▁on ▁those ▁below . ▁The ▁Democratic ▁idea ▁has ▁been ▁that ▁if ▁you ▁legisl ate ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁masses ▁prosper ous ▁their ▁prosper ity ▁will ▁find ▁its ▁way ▁up ▁and ▁through ▁every ▁class ▁that ▁rest s ▁upon ▁it ." ▁ ▁Hum or ist ▁Will ▁Rog ers ▁j ok ingly ▁ad vised ▁in ▁a ▁column ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 : ▁This ▁election ▁was ▁lost ▁four ▁and ▁six ▁years ▁ago , ▁not ▁this ▁year . ▁They ▁[ Rep ublic ans ] ▁didn ’ t ▁start ▁thinking ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁common ▁fellow ▁till ▁just ▁as ▁they ▁started ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁election ▁tour . ▁The ▁money ▁was ▁all ▁appropri ated ▁for ▁the ▁top ▁in ▁the ▁hopes ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁trick le ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁need y . ▁Mr . ▁Ho over ▁was ▁an ▁engineer . ▁He ▁knew ▁that ▁water ▁trick les ▁down . ▁Put ▁it ▁u ph ill ▁and ▁let