You underestimate how much capitalists hate poor people. There are several things things that would help the economy that rich people won’t do because because it would mean giving money to poor people.

Putting money in the hands of poor people tends to help the economy because they have to spend it Rich people who have more than they need just sit on it or move it around to other rich idiots.

But we’ll always do trickle down instead of trickle up because “Poor people don’t deserve money”