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By Bruce Haynes of the Chicago Tribune
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/03/07/the_25-year_tide_that_gave_us_trump_129902.html
The breakdown of middle class America came in three ways. One was the impact of economic globalism.
"Hop in your car and take a drive, not on the Interstate, but on our highways and on secondary and farm-to-market roads through the Mid-Atlantic states, the Rust Belt, and, especially, the Deep South. You’ll see bricked-up, locked-down cinder block buildings that did not just serve as textile mills and manufacturing plants but represented jobs, stability, and the industriousness of millions of Americans."
The second way was the impact of social globalism:
"When these voters turn on their televisions, the stories and images paint a picture of political, economic and cultural elites who respect none of these values. They don’t want to keep up with the Kardashians. Sports heroes dope and cheat and assault women. Political scandals are a dime a dozen. The governor and former attorney general of New York resigns in a disgraceful prostitution scandal. His reward isn’t jail — it’s a paying gig as co-host of a national television show."
The greatest kick in the groin to the middle class was the Great Recession and the 2008 wall Street bail out.
"The big banks, auto companies, and creatures of Wall Street who caused the collapse get “bailed out.” Republicans and Democrats both supported it. Save a precious few, almost no one was held accountable. The wealthy seemed insulated from collapse. It looked like business as usual.
But voters didn’t see a bailout for middle-class America. According to the Institute for Policy Research, “more than eight million Americans lost their jobs, nearly four million homes were foreclosed each year, and 2.5 million businesses were shuttered” during the Great Recession.".
Some of this has been churning since the 60's but the utter disregard for the middle class that has helped increase the wealth and power of the establishment has been brewing for about 25 years.
Trump is seen as the tool to demolish the establishment and his personal foibles and his being part of that very Establishment are irrelevant to the cause because he has proven and shown that he is not afraid to fight them to the bitter end.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/03/07/the_25-year_tide_that_gave_us_trump_129902.html
The breakdown of middle class America came in three ways. One was the impact of economic globalism.
"Hop in your car and take a drive, not on the Interstate, but on our highways and on secondary and farm-to-market roads through the Mid-Atlantic states, the Rust Belt, and, especially, the Deep South. You’ll see bricked-up, locked-down cinder block buildings that did not just serve as textile mills and manufacturing plants but represented jobs, stability, and the industriousness of millions of Americans."
The second way was the impact of social globalism:
"When these voters turn on their televisions, the stories and images paint a picture of political, economic and cultural elites who respect none of these values. They don’t want to keep up with the Kardashians. Sports heroes dope and cheat and assault women. Political scandals are a dime a dozen. The governor and former attorney general of New York resigns in a disgraceful prostitution scandal. His reward isn’t jail — it’s a paying gig as co-host of a national television show."
The greatest kick in the groin to the middle class was the Great Recession and the 2008 wall Street bail out.
"The big banks, auto companies, and creatures of Wall Street who caused the collapse get “bailed out.” Republicans and Democrats both supported it. Save a precious few, almost no one was held accountable. The wealthy seemed insulated from collapse. It looked like business as usual.
But voters didn’t see a bailout for middle-class America. According to the Institute for Policy Research, “more than eight million Americans lost their jobs, nearly four million homes were foreclosed each year, and 2.5 million businesses were shuttered” during the Great Recession.".
Some of this has been churning since the 60's but the utter disregard for the middle class that has helped increase the wealth and power of the establishment has been brewing for about 25 years.
Trump is seen as the tool to demolish the establishment and his personal foibles and his being part of that very Establishment are irrelevant to the cause because he has proven and shown that he is not afraid to fight them to the bitter end.
lain: Oh, then it's like I said in my last blog, "...