"According to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, if low-wage workers have more money in their pockets, they will have more money to spend, potentially expanding the number of consumers who can afford to eat out."

^ This seems to me to be the most brain-dead obvious response to trickle-down economics, and income inequality. Like, More people getting money, means more money flowing. We should tax the rich for this reason alone. Otherwise money stagnates, and doesn't do anything. It's functionally useless. Jeff Bezos has admitted as much saying something to the effect of "I don't know what to do with all of my money".