Robert Lighthizer
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Wages are basically not going up in real-term sense then. You know, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. And a lot of these very bad outcomes for working people, I would say, for the country generally, you can say, came at that time. Now, if you say, well, is the system deteriorating before then? For sure it was.
Wages are basically not going up in real-term sense then. You know, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. And a lot of these very bad outcomes for working people, I would say, for the country generally, you can say, came at that time. Now, if you say, well, is the system deteriorating before then? For sure it was.
But this was like somebody just putting on steroids and acted like – I mean, the only thing that they missed about the evolution of economics was human nature, right? The other thing else they got right. They just missed human nature. As always. Yeah. So then you saw very bad things happen over a long period of time.
But this was like somebody just putting on steroids and acted like – I mean, the only thing that they missed about the evolution of economics was human nature, right? The other thing else they got right. They just missed human nature. As always. Yeah. So then you saw very bad things happen over a long period of time.
But this was like somebody just putting on steroids and acted like – I mean, the only thing that they missed about the evolution of economics was human nature, right? The other thing else they got right. They just missed human nature. As always. Yeah. So then you saw very bad things happen over a long period of time.
You got to the point where you had – at 2016, you had President Trump, as I say, at that point had been complaining about this general notion since he was 35, since he was a kid. And and he kind of gets a populist movement. He's elected. And then we have whatever happened in 2020, a covid thing that ends up affecting our election. And now we are again because we we changed in Trump.
You got to the point where you had – at 2016, you had President Trump, as I say, at that point had been complaining about this general notion since he was 35, since he was a kid. And and he kind of gets a populist movement. He's elected. And then we have whatever happened in 2020, a covid thing that ends up affecting our election. And now we are again because we we changed in Trump.
You got to the point where you had – at 2016, you had President Trump, as I say, at that point had been complaining about this general notion since he was 35, since he was a kid. And and he kind of gets a populist movement. He's elected. And then we have whatever happened in 2020, a covid thing that ends up affecting our election. And now we are again because we we changed in Trump.
One, 1.0 or whatever that computer people say, we changed the way people think about these things. And they didn't really change back much in Biden. To Biden's credit, his people – I think some of his people were very good. But overall, they didn't make a lot of decisions to make better what we did. But they didn't make it worse. And now we're in Trump or we're in a position to actually –
One, 1.0 or whatever that computer people say, we changed the way people think about these things. And they didn't really change back much in Biden. To Biden's credit, his people – I think some of his people were very good. But overall, they didn't make a lot of decisions to make better what we did. But they didn't make it worse. And now we're in Trump or we're in a position to actually –
One, 1.0 or whatever that computer people say, we changed the way people think about these things. And they didn't really change back much in Biden. To Biden's credit, his people – I think some of his people were very good. But overall, they didn't make a lot of decisions to make better what we did. But they didn't make it worse. And now we're in Trump or we're in a position to actually –
make substantial changes. And I know that's what you want me on here to talk about, but the most fundamental thing is The system has failed America generally, and it's failed our working people dramatically. And that's been going on in an acute state for at least 25 years.
make substantial changes. And I know that's what you want me on here to talk about, but the most fundamental thing is The system has failed America generally, and it's failed our working people dramatically. And that's been going on in an acute state for at least 25 years.
make substantial changes. And I know that's what you want me on here to talk about, but the most fundamental thing is The system has failed America generally, and it's failed our working people dramatically. And that's been going on in an acute state for at least 25 years.
We are the only G7 country that has a life expectancy of under 80 years. And supposedly we're the richest country in the world, supposedly. Now, there's a lot of things contributing to that. Everyone sees it all their own way, and there's a lot of things contributing to it. But it's an emergency. It's an absolute crisis.
We are the only G7 country that has a life expectancy of under 80 years. And supposedly we're the richest country in the world, supposedly. Now, there's a lot of things contributing to that. Everyone sees it all their own way, and there's a lot of things contributing to it. But it's an emergency. It's an absolute crisis.
We are the only G7 country that has a life expectancy of under 80 years. And supposedly we're the richest country in the world, supposedly. Now, there's a lot of things contributing to that. Everyone sees it all their own way, and there's a lot of things contributing to it. But it's an emergency. It's an absolute crisis.
And I'm telling you, this divergence between this income inequality is another problem.
And I'm telling you, this divergence between this income inequality is another problem.
And I'm telling you, this divergence between this income inequality is another problem.