This is one area where dems don’t want to divide people into small oppressed groups. In 30 years there’s been little change in compensation between
* the rich and middle class
* the rich and poor
* the rich and single mothers
* the rich and high school dropouts
* the rich and union workers
* ...
But, if you group everyone together there’s been a change. Some of the groups at the low end of wages have grown considerably and brought the average of all “non-rich” down. It wouldn’t be right to point out that certain life decisions are the cause of an increased wage gap and focus on solutions that may actually improve things for the poor. Better to just demonize the rich and get votes from the growing groups of poor and increasing dependency on the government.
What is worse is that the %1 actually have done better with Zero but not for the reason the Bernie Sandinistas claim. The %80 or so BELOW the %1 have actually DONE WORSE and Crony Capitalism. There has been no growth in the private sector under Zero, only punishment.
G Gordon Liddy used to explain it well. We get more of what gummint subsidizes and less of what it punishes. Libtards reward sloth and greed. Not surprisingly after eight years of this we are all but destroyed by sloth and greed. Add in the punishment of true virtues and here we are.