Why do so many of us refuse to believe that a multitude of U.S. citizens are literally "trapped in poverty."
Even Hillary Clinton denied our extensive poverty. Discounting it contributed to her losing the election.
Similarly, too many affluent, and even middle class individuals seem oblivious to the depth of our poverty, or the number of Americans one paycheck from destitution.
On this point, Trump has prevailed, which helped pave his way to the presidency.
We need to understand some of the reasons people voted for Trump. Yet we are given every other reason but the simple fact of the economy.
He mentioned it repeatedly during his candidacy, as well as again in his inaugural.
Even Hillary Clinton denied our extensive poverty. Discounting it contributed to her losing the election.
Similarly, too many affluent, and even middle class individuals seem oblivious to the depth of our poverty, or the number of Americans one paycheck from destitution.
On this point, Trump has prevailed, which helped pave his way to the presidency.
We need to understand some of the reasons people voted for Trump. Yet we are given every other reason but the simple fact of the economy.
He mentioned it repeatedly during his candidacy, as well as again in his inaugural.
My concerns about Donald Trump in general aren't a secret, but there is no way of disagreeing with the absolute truth of how hard people are struggling, and his ability to pinpoint intractable adversity.
If you doubt (or are unable to see it), there have been books along the way, pointing to our Plutocracy: Nickeled and Dimed, Hillbilly Elegy, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, etc.
