Trump Is Right American Workers Overpaid. That Position Is The GOP Belief/Wall Street Code.

[TheMastersNemesis]

If you are a worker in the US corporations cannot make enough profit if they continue to pay even current wages and benefits. We are now part of the global economy that must match global wages and make "trickle down" economics work. The present reality was Ronald Reagan's dream back in 1980. And the American work force kept electing politicians who supported this policy.

So forget any real raises or better jobs in this new era. Sure we are creating a lot of jobs but the value of those jobs and job security is questionable. Wall Street, the US Chamber of Commerce, and big business really do support what Trump is saying. And the position of all the other GOP candidates is the same. No one rebuffed Trump.

[Hortensis]

1. We're wasting our "overpay" on homes at least twice the size we need

and stuff to fill them with. We're not saving that excess money and investing it to build wealth. We're irresponsible and incompetent to handle our own affairs, and having too much money seems to lead to a lack of morality in us, including negligent parenting.

That is the gist of a conversation I overheard between some men at a table in a country club in the Bentonville, AR area last year now. Bentonville is where Walmart is headquartered, and all its vendors are required to maintain offices there, so lots of executives visit. I don't know where these were from, but they were clearly high level and my companion/host didn't recognize them as regulars.

I was struck by the fact that their contemptuous assessment of fecklessness and irresponsibility sounded just like any other conservatives talking about low-income and unemployed people. But, they were talking about typical employed Americans and agreeing that we and our country would be just as well off, and perhaps better, if we were paid less.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. That sounds like Pinnacle

Full of entitled fat-cats who look down on the rest of us.

Pinnacle is the new, trendy part of Rogers (Bentonville's neighbor). I imagine few of them have ever taken a look at the old part of Rogers and its 60- to 70-year-old bungalows where the working classes live.

[Hortensis]

3. I believe that was the one. Nice neighborhood, but

these guys didn't look like any kind of middle class, not even "upper-upper."

[Art_from_Ark]

4. If they were from out of town, they'd likely come up from the airport

through Cave Springs. They might see a few working class homes up to Cave Springs, but after Cave Springs they'd mostly go through Richie Rich subdivisions.

[Hortensis]

5. I like the old places one sees out of town.

A couple years ago a friend took me along on an open house fundraising tour in those "executive" subdivisions that was the most boring thing I'd ever seen.

Unlike those in "old" Rogers, as you know, of course, most of these subdivision residents don't intend to stay more than a few years, so don't bring any cherished older pieces. Instead, every tract home was decorated in some variation on reds-golds-beiges-browns-dark green, with furniture the typical traditional to fusion stuff seen in most chain furniture stores selling to upper middle class wallets. Same for the pedestrian but not actually Dollar Store stuff hung on the walls. Stepford style, temporary version.

[Art_from_Ark]

6. Yup, that sounds like Pinnacle

Speaking of fundraising, Pinnacle was visited by both Bush and McCain on their fundraising tours.

[Hortensis]

7. :) Of course.