Ronald Reagan’s “trickle down economics” embodied this idea that it didn’t …show more content…
Many candidates promised economic prosperity and delivered on that promise, but the omission of the fact that this prosperity would only be possible if the billionaire class was placated and provided for. Politicians who desperately sought reelection were and are seduced by corporate lobby money that makes them beholden to the interests of corporate America before anything else, including their constituency. It seems that barring a significant reorganization of our political system; politicians will be courted and seduced by corporate cronies who seek to manipulate our system of governance for their own special gains and theirs alone. The American people take a backseat while huge conglomerates rake in more money than is necessary for any one person to have. All the while, the average American laborer who earns his keep everyday