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Originally Posted by Abbaddabba
But america has done well under globalist trade policies. It's the poor who've gotten ****ed, largely because of politicians who're anti tax/redistribution... which has always been an essential part of making it work.
I'd argue against this vehemently. The middle class has gotten absolutely crushed. Globalist policies have been great for people like me. The investor/professional class has done awesome. High skilled labor? You have it all. Rising 401k and investments, rising house values, you have healthcare and job security. The only thing you really worry about is college tuition, but you plan that out and save.
Yeah. If you're an engineer and you marry a nurse when you guys are 26 years old, have 2 kids and live in a nice neighborhood? Yep. America is great.
Now go through the same exercise with a guy working construction making 18 dollars an hour married to a secretary making 17 dollars an hour. How have globalist policies helped them? If they lived in an ok neighborhood before they got pushed out due to the rising rents in cities across the country. Job security? Lol. 401k? Please. Healthcare? Hopefully one of them has benefits, but it probably doesn't even cover dental. Save to buy a house? Out of the question, when it's 300k to even start to find something decent. College? Lol, yeah, ok.
I went to a matinee a few weeks to watch alien covenant and somehow managed to spend 25 bucks. Christ, a cheesesteak is 10 dollars now. 10 dollars!
I really think many of you fail to see how stressful and hard it is for middle class people to make it. They are under siege in every category. Food, energy costs, schooling, insurance. Everything is a goddamn fortune these days. And what did the middle class get? Bad neighborhoods with cricket wireless stores and fried chicken joints.
It's a goddamn travesty. Open your eyes and look around you. Look at the bus stops. Look at the people working at the fast food joints. The middle class hasn't gotten a raise in what? 35 years?
It's a ****ing disgrace.