>>Ok, well that is where we differ.
>>And that is ok.
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>>If our wealthy were corrupt oligarchs like Russia, or the raping over-classes of places like Philippines or Mexico, I would agree.
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>>I just don't see that here in the US.
>>Nobody in business or society is pushing me down.
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>If you feel that way, I'm happy for you.
>I feel pretty much the same way. There's little that I've wanted to accomplish (except a better golf game) that I haven't been able to do.
>When I look at the world that I walked into, though, and compare it with the one my children and grandchildren face, I see a drastic reduction in opportunities for them, at the same time that I see unparalled wealth accumulation at the top of the economic heap that, if anything, is accelerating.
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>That's why you see me so critical of my party.
>The leadership should be demanding economic change that will reverse those trends.
>Instead we have political hacks pandering to perceived social victims on the one hand, or billionaires on the other.
>People aren't stupid, and that's what they rejected the hacks in both parties for Trump.

A lot truth there.