In the early mid 1970s when I was punching a time clock in a factory, I thought to myself if the dumb ass Americans continue to buying Imports, and if out dumb as a stump elected officials keep bringing in immigrants as jobs leave, and the stupid A’hole Gov’t (greedy global business men that run it) and allow the minimum wage to MELT against inflation, there’s going to be a big poverty problem.
In 1975 I went to self employment so I can give MYSELF pay raises and have deductions and flexibility. The factory owners with foreign competition could not afford to pay people and or the medical insurance. Every American that bought a foreign car, bon apatite, contributed to the poverty.
But it doesn’t matter anymore. We hit bottom. I think greedy global business men (bankers too) that run the gov’t and witnessed the ’08 crisis must be noticing “they can’t get away with that anymore” especially after Trump told everybody on prime TV that the people and domestic businesses were getting screwed.