It was a radical idea in 1776 & it’s a radical idea today: that govts are instituted to secure “the right of all people to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Someone economically locked down in a survival mode from which they can’t escape is not free to pursue happiness
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Tens of millions of people work at jobs they hate just to get health benefits or pay off college loans, while govt continues to subsidize tiny portion of citizens in obscenely grandiose style. So it was already clear we had a problem. Coronavirus bailout just confirms the abuse.
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Older people don’t so much remember better days as we remember a time when people knew enough to guffaw at the idea that average Americans would be so routinely economically screwed as they are now. We knew things were supposed to be better & that it was govt’s job to make it so.
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Every previous generation of Americans took stewardship over the next, ensuring that generation had a better life with more economic opportunities, more education, better transportation . . . until now. Millennials are the 1st generation not as well off at 30 as the previous one.
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Replying to @philosogoddess
Yep. You’re experiencing the mass phenom of neo-serfdom that began in the 1980’s with trickle down economics, was exacerbated in the 90’s with money flooding politics, and become entrenched within policies of both parties ever since.

Mar 30, 2020 · 10:14 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @philosogoddess
Coincidence? Between 1989 and 2018, top 1% increased worth by $21 trillion (& bottom 50% decreased by $900 billion). Federal govt debt since 1981 Regan tax cuts grew from $998 billion to $22 trillion, an increase of $21 trillion dollars. peoplespolicyproject.org/201…
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Replying to @marwilliamson @philosogoddess
it has been sad to witness this country's decline and the wiping out of the middle class
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