You fail to realize that the politicians and public employees and public sector capitalists have all done quite well under these progressive policies.
There is a politician running for a House seat in Illinois whose wife retired after 20 years of government service with a $156,000/yr pension — and he has the audacity to talk about helping the little guy.
California is all about CalPERS — the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that some politicians are cashing in on and some to the tune of $500,000/yr + colas.
I realize it quite well and agree with you. The system is comprised of three parts - the ignorant wards of the state, the people who benefit (unionized government workers/politicians), and the rest of the country (producers) who can’t discern that the first two are evil and still vote for and/or allow politicians to redistribute their wealth to feed the system.
This is the tipping point we have arrived at.... I don’t think there are enough Americans that recognize the reality of the system to cast more votes than the dependent and thieves. We might elect Republicrats, but I have little faith that they will change the war on poverty. Their formula seems to be to grow the productive (a good thing) so that the redistribution can be continued (a bad thing).
It won’t work forever, and you and I both know it.