You were NOT the envy of anyone with Trump in power. Progessives were NOT the ones who destroyed the nation. That was Republicans with their capitalism on steroids, giving all of the wealth of the nation to the oligarchs. Why do you think that white people from Europe have no interest in emigrating to the USA?
Republican tax and labour policies impoverished the working poor and destroyed the middle class. You've gone from the being the most successful nation in the world, to losing your middle class, your manufacturing base. Your life expectancy is declining, which is the biggest indicator that the nation, as a whole, is not healthy or thriving. And now Republicans are trying to pin the blame on Democrats for these policies. "Globalism" is the ROOT of Republican economic policy. W was giving tax breaks to corporations who off-shored manufacturing and jobs.
Tax have NOT skyrocketed. You're paying the lowest tax rates in the first world, and you're spending like drunken sailors on your military and foreign wars. Everything the Republican Party has been saying since Reagan was in office, has been lies and bullshit.
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