We had a few dozen billionaires in the Reagan era. Now we have hundreds.
Growth of GDP, percent change, annual, rolled over after 1984, inaugurating a new period of lower trendline growth in the economy.
You're not wrong to feel poorer.
Just look at the trend lines for the data in this chart from before 1984 and after 1984. The change is glaring. The money which used to go into the economy to grow it has gone straight into the pockets of the rich.
Meanwhile Trump had one year in 2018 at 5.32% and he thinks he's God's gift to humanity, when Bush 43 did better in 2004-2006 at 6.64, 6.72, and 5.95.
Doddering old Joe Biden comes along and averages 8.22 for four years and what do Democrats do but throw him under the bus.
It's enough to make you scream.
