the rich aren’t just grabbing a bigger slice of the income pie — they’re taking all of it.

[onethatcares]

13. Those "golden economic times" are not remembered as that

in my neck of the woods. They are remembered as the day the worker died. Once the air traffic controller union was busted wages started to sink for those of us that worked in the trades. The dot.com bubble bouyed the market but did nothing for the wages of the workers, the housing bubble did exactly what you see to date and the worker didn't make out like a bandit then either. They got the shaft.

During the Clinton years we had no wars to fund allowing people to feel that they were gaining and not just tossing money into the MIC money pit.

That changed in November, 2000 with the selection of the shrub. suddenly the country needed a war, not only a war, but one where we had to cut social services in order to cut taxes and programs while spending billions.

In my opinion, the large income gains by those who make up the richest in society are the result of tax cuts for the wealthy, and wars where they made out like bandits furnishing the weapons and war infrastructure.

Those are my thoughts as a working tradesman, no more/no less.

btw, I see that the Donald wants to do away with employee pensions and healthcare at his casino in New Jersey. Why would he hate Americans enough to do that?