Thanks for the context and clarifying what is already visible. To your question, Why did the voters not understand economic principles and what creates or destroys a middle class? My guess is the majority of voters did not do well in economics courses, even if they did not sleep through class. For billionaires to get that way and stay that way, a lot of people have to 1) have jobs, 2) make money, and 3) have enough extra after food, shelter, and medical care to purchase whatever the billionaires sell. Get rid of the workers, get rid of the jobs, take away the income and that puts billionaires on a trajectory that looks like an airplane in a nose dive with no engine. Ultimate stupidity of shooting yourself in the foot and reloading on the way down.
Thanks for this key comment, Georgia. I seem to remember being taught a subject in school called Civics. Explained in such a way that even a child could understand how our government is supposed to work.
Thanks for the context and clarifying what is already visible. To your question, Why did the voters not understand economic principles and what creates or destroys a middle class? My guess is the majority of voters did not do well in economics courses, even if they did not sleep through class. For billionaires to get that way and stay that way, a lot of people have to 1) have jobs, 2) make money, and 3) have enough extra after food, shelter, and medical care to purchase whatever the billionaires sell. Get rid of the workers, get rid of the jobs, take away the income and that puts billionaires on a trajectory that looks like an airplane in a nose dive with no engine. Ultimate stupidity of shooting yourself in the foot and reloading on the way down.
Thanks for this key comment, Georgia. I seem to remember being taught a subject in school called Civics. Explained in such a way that even a child could understand how our government is supposed to work.