How great the economy is doing depends largely on who you are. For rich motherfuckers, things are going great. For the wage slaves, things pretty much suck.
This is a very large part of the answer.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/08/...-stagnant/
And far too large a percentage of the populace can be bought off by a stupid red hat and a con man with a big fucking mouth.
This is a very large part of the answer.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/08/...-stagnant/
Quote:If the unemployment rate is so low why have wages for most Americans failed to go up very much recently? The simple answer is for the very same reasons why economic inequality and social mobility in America has largely ground to a halt in the last 40 years–the decline and war on labor unions.
And far too large a percentage of the populace can be bought off by a stupid red hat and a con man with a big fucking mouth.
