"I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America" -- Robert Reich in the Guardian. The basic bargain used to be that if you worked hard and played by the rules, you’d do better, and your children would do even better than you. But since the late 1970s, that bargain has become a sham. The middle class has shrunk. About $50tn has been siphoned from the bottom 90% of Americans to the richest 1%.
Many Americans feel frustrated and angry. Trump gave voice to that anger, although he directed it at scapegoats who did nothing to cause it – undocumented workers, the “deep state”, transgender people, “communists” and Democrats. And he did nothing whatsoever to address the underlying cause. In fact, he gave two big tax cuts to the wealthy, Reich writes in an excerpt from his new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America. Still, he writes, "I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America." -- nordy
"I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America" -- Robert Reich in the Guardian.
ReplyDeleteThe basic bargain used to be that if you worked hard and played by the rules, you’d do better, and your children would do even better than you. But since the late 1970s, that bargain has become a sham. The middle class has shrunk. About $50tn has been siphoned from the bottom 90% of Americans to the richest 1%.
Many Americans feel frustrated and angry. Trump gave voice to that anger, although he directed it at scapegoats who did nothing to cause it – undocumented workers, the “deep state”, transgender people, “communists” and Democrats. And he did nothing whatsoever to address the underlying cause. In fact, he gave two big tax cuts to the wealthy, Reich writes in an excerpt from his new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America.
Still, he writes, "I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America." -- nordy
Rhere's hope for America because Trump will be out of office by 2029. And with any luck we will have a congress that can rein him in by 2027.
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