http://theprogressivewing.com/trickle-downs-failures-apparent-to-all-except-those-in-charge/

This kind of ‘all of the above’ thinking, which is the norm not only among local officials, but right up to the federal level, does more to prop up the economic status quo than to support local businesses. That’s because it sustains the extraordinarily uneven playing field between the little guys and the big guys, between local businesses that are rooted in their communities and mobile transnational corporations with no stake in particular places.