C raig, you seem to think that politicians cause poverty, at least liberal ones. The old canard that welfare breeds dependency is one cliche that needs to be debunked. Try living on current welfare benefits. People our age lived in the best time, economically. Jobs were plentiful. The middle class was rising. We are the benefactors of that set of circumstances. It's not the situation now, pandemic aside. The massive shift of American wealth to those at the top of the pyramid has stranded millions of workers who don't happen to be hedge fund managers or whiz-techs. To quote one of my favorite conservatives, "it's that giant sucking sound..."

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Bill Ferguson