For well over thirty years since Republican man-god
Ronald Reagan declared that government is the evil destroying the great
middle class, Republicans have maintained their demigod’s position that
the solution to help the middle class is giving the richest Americans
all of the nation’s assets and wealth. Since then, the rich have gotten
richer and what was once a vibrant middle class is now less than vapor
and on the verge of vanishing altogether. Instead of changing course and
helping the majority of the population, Republicans still propose
heaping wealth on the rich and increasing taxes on the bottom 90% of the
population to complete the utter destruction of middle income earners.
According to yet another report they are succeeding beyond their wildest
dreams.
In recent data
from Pew Charitable Trust research, over 70% of American households are
facing regular monthly “financial strains,” and that over half of the
population (55%) cannot generate enough income to cover even one month’s
living expenses from savings or other liquid assets (things to sell).
What that means is that the preponderance of Americans are barely making
it from paycheck to paycheck and that just one bout of illness, even a
temporary layoff, or other calamity means complete and utter financial
ruin and poverty. This is the condition Republicans began creating 30
years ago and persist in exacerbating by their obstructionism in service
to the one-percent.
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