As we've repeatedly said here on Ring of Fire,
the economy looks great here in the United
States, but only on paper.
You dig down a little bit deeper, you find
out that oh, only the top 1% are truly benefiting
from the current economic growth here in the
United States and according to a new poll,
those talking points and perhaps even just
looking at their own situation, majority of
the public understands that now.
The latest polling data shows that 70% of
people in this country think that our economic
system unfairly benefits the already wealthy,
the wealthy elite, the top 1% whatever you
want to call them.
You know, the corporate masters, the CEOs,
70% of people in this country now believe
that our economic system only benefits those
people and they're exactly right.
I mean, we have talked about this ad nauseum.
When you talk about the 2017 Republican tax
cut scam, almost 90% of those tax cuts went
to the top 1%, majority of average working
Americans did not see any increase at all
in their tax returns.
And in fact, a lot of them ended up actually
paying more in taxes every year.
We got nothing out of it.
We're not getting raises.
In fact, when adjusted for inflation, we're
making less money today than we were 20 years
ago.
But the wealthy elite, the bankers, wall Streeters,
the corporate CEOs, all of them, health insurance
executives, drug company executives, they're
all seeing higher profits than ever.
While most of the rest of us, 44 million people
in this country, are working a job that doesn't
technically pay a living wage.
$18,000 a year or less is what they're making.
Majority of people can't afford a $400 emergency.
So yeah, the economy is unfair.
Our system is unfair.
The way things are set up is unfair and 70%
of people in this country agree with that.
Now, here's why this is important.
Donald Trump's only, only, only, only talking
point for 2020 is how great the economy is
doing.
Heck, he's even told us repeatedly on Twitter.
We can't impeach him because the economy's
doing good.
How can you impeach a guy who's got such a
good economy that he really didn't do anything
to make happen?
But nonetheless, he talks about the economy
constantly and it's not resonating with the
American public anymore because they can look
down at their own paychecks.
Right?
They can see their current financial situation.
They're all going to be filing their taxes
here in the next couple months, and they're
going to see that they're not getting more
money, that they're not eligible for those
tax breaks that they used to be eligible for.
You know, you, you can't write off equipment
if you're a teacher anymore that you have
to pay out of your pocket for, to the tune
of about $1,200 per year.
I know, I'm married to a teacher and it sucks
now that we can't write it off.
Not being married to a teacher.
That doesn't suck at all.
But here's the thing, people know it.
People have woken up, they understand, and
they see what's happening to them.
So when Trump goes out there, when this campaign
really kicks into high gear and he says, the
economy's great, the economy is great, 70%
of people in this country are going to look
back at him and say, no, it's not your idiot.
But on the Democratic side, if we have a candidate
that goes out there, I'm thinking of one in
particular, who goes out there and says, the
economy is rigged to only benefit the top
1%.
70% of people in this country are going to
look at that person and say, you know what?
Yeah, you're, you're right.
You're absolutely right.
Huh?
Doesn't that kind of seem like the candidate
that would resonate with the American public?
You know, the kind of candidate who's been
saying that same thing for nearly 40 years.
So we know they're not blowing smoke, they're
not making it up.
They truly believe this and they honestly
want to fix it.
I don't know about you, but that kind of sounds
like the candidate that I think this country
needs.
