Only the fat cats are better off

The study of civics used to be required, but the average American citizen is so apathetic, he/she doesn't care. Apathy thrives on ignorance. What's left of the middle class think they're well off. But it's an illusion. They are losing buying power. In contrast, the fat-cat one percent aided by most Republicans and some Democrats are grabbing the wealth solely for themselves, including the tax money that ought be spent on potholes, and especially for education. The military sucks up an enormous share.

The stupidity of the fat cats in government is that they and corporate leaders don't realize that to sell anything, they need buyers. Statistically and historically, trickle-down economics never worked and never works. The rich don't need to buy much, except luxuries. The poor need to spend all they have just to live and survive.

And the lifestyle of middle Americans has diminished every year since Reagan. So paying skimpy wages and cutting welfare programs for the poorest is self-defeating and leads to depression. Not sharing the wealth leads to an economy grinding to a halt.

All the Trump administration does is lie, contradict itself and brag about itself, its own negativity - the government programs its dismantling and destroying - the whole of Obama's accomplishments - environmentally, socially, domestically and internationally. What positive program has Trump accomplished? How are the workers and middle class better off?

Marion J. Reis

Lombard