Robert Reich: On Labor Day, remember this: Trump's America works only for the rich

[kpete]

'Chief executives have done everything possible to prevent the wages of most workers rising in tandem with productivity gains, so most gains go instead into the pockets of top executives and major investors. They’ve outsourced abroad, installed labor-replacing technologies and switched to part-time and contract work....Trump speaks the language of authoritarian populism but acts in the interests of America’s emerging oligarchy. His deal with the moneyed interests was simple: he’d stoke divisiveness so Americans wouldn’t see how the oligarchy has taken over the reins, twisted government to its benefit and siphoned off the economic rewards.'


the rest:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/06/labor-day-donald-trump-joe-biden-election

[abqtommy]

1. It seems to me that there's a long history of the fact that "America works only for the rich."

As we struggle with Covid-19 it's good to remember that there's a long list of other matters to tend to
if we ever want to see our country achieve it's true potential.