>>106823845>>106823926>Life has improved for most AmericansSince the recession? For most Americans there's marginal improvement in wages, but the cost of rent, medicine, and education have continued to rise beyond the level of affordability, faster than wage growth. Things haven't been getting better for the average American.
And part of that can be blamed on the Obama administration, because after the recession when it was time to restructure the country's economics, the Obama administration forgave the perpetrators and left them in power. They enacted plans that helped the wealthy invest and recover their money, all the while driving up property prices because it was cheap, if you already had enough liquidity, to buy homes and flip them to other wealthy investors.
Obama leading into Hillary was a disastrous choice. It was going from one pro-billionaire letdown directly into another. But the Republicans weren't any better having just nailed a big win for billionaires by eliminating caps on campaign donations by calling it "free speech". The field was full of starchy losers whose pockets were lined by special interests, and Donald Trump was there as a protest vote calling each of them derogatory things. I believe the nation felt strongly about their distaste for our political establishment even if it felt wary about putting a spoiled dumbass in a position of power.
Ultimately, Hillary just barely lost because everyone knew what she'd do. She'd enrich her friends. Four years later, Trump has cut taxes for billionaires and enriched himself, and has tried to convince everyone he's responsible for every incidentally good thing that's ever happened.
He MIGHT win a second term, but if he does, it's because American politics have become predictable and this is still the Republican cycle. People don't vote Democrat during the Republican cycle. But it's the waning half of the cycle and he'll be a lame duck, aside from his diplomatic implosions.
