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Opposition politics is easy, it is all blame and no building. Furthermore, blame resonates with voters. I would love to see someone add up all the claims of victimhood by Trump, vs Hillary. It would be close.
On that "equal opportunity" thing, chart of the Gini Coefficient, by year, since the late 60s. Regardless who is in power, wealth is concentrated in progressively fewer hands. The few dips correlate with recessions.
Now, putting this data into a historical perspective: as the 1967 – present chart above clearly shows, America has seen rising income inequality for decades. About the only thing that slows down this trend is recession, but once the US economy starts to grow again so does the Gini coefficient.datatrekresearch.com - Wp contentManufacturing employment. Downtrend from 1980-2000, regardless who was in power. Then a crash under Bush 43, followed by a much smaller recovery, regardless if Obama or Trump was in office.
equitablegrowth.org - Manufacturing employment reached its peak in the lateHow many employees saw their company paid, defined benefit, retirement plans taken away? Did anyone, on either side of the aisle, stop the theft from working people?
napa-net.org - Participation chartSteve
