2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum14 billionaires made 150 billion over the last two years- - this is abhorrent
They made an additional 140 billion on top of what they already owned. As i am sure you all have read by now, the middle class has morphed into the working poor.
Obamacare will go up 30% next year, wages are stagnant, and the rent isn't going to pay itself.
Obama has enabled the billionaire class, and ushered in the Uber economy. Are you ok with this?
Bernie isn't running against Hillary, Bernie is running against the machine.
LexVegas
(6,067 posts)Barack Obama.
StarTrombone
(188 posts)How much more would I have in my pocket if those greedy bastards hadn't made that money?
Maybe I'll be really pissed off if I knew what would my share have been
Csainvestor
(388 posts)Households in all economic tiers experienced near-universal decreases in median incomes across U.S. metropolitan areas. Middle-income households lost ground financially in 222 of 229 metropolitan areas from 1999 to 2014.
The hollowing out of the middle class is rooted in a mix of technological change and globalization.
Do you think it's a coincidence that while the working class has suffered over the past 10 years, the billionaire class has made an additional 1 trillion dollars over the same time period?
StarTrombone
(188 posts)I want to know how much of that money would be in my pocket if they hadn't made it
How would someone else's property keep me from poverty
Warren Buffett is a billionaire, how much of that should be mine?
Al Gore is worth north of 100 million dollars, how much of that did he take from me?
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I do, not that it seems to have any effect whatsoever, but I do.