Middle America got economically gang banged, while those in in D.C. and their well connected fatcorps and Wall Street insiders made enormous historic profits. This is no secret.
At this level of corruption, brought to us by backdoor D.C. country killing corrupt policies, the results were easily predicable.
Okay, you say that corporate profits are bad for "Middle America". If "Middle America" has these corporations as employers, how is corporate profits screwing "Middle America"?