Over the last fifty years — since the day Joe Biden first attained political office — American workers have suffered a devastating loss of economic power through declines in their wages, benefits, and working conditions.  The annual economic output of the United States has more than tripled in that time, but, with the help of policymakers from both political parties, the wealthy — owners, investors, and executives — have hoarded the wealth created.

If incomes had kept pace with overall economic growth since 1970, Americans in the bottom 90 percent of income distribution would be making an extra $12,000 per year on average.  In effect, every American worker in the bottom 90 percent of income distribution is sending an annual check for $12,000 to a richer person in the top 10 percent.

The profound inequities of American life are the result of laws written at the behest of the wealthy and their lobbyists by the institutions of government in the hands of both political parties.

In response to the Great Recession in 2009, Democrats in the Obama-Biden administration and congress joined Republicans in bailing out banks and financial institutions rather than homeowners and consumers.  Again, in the wake of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Democrats joined Republicans — without objection from Joe Biden — in preserving businesses and wealth instead of protecting jobs and workers’ incomes.

This nation has long had ample resources to insure that every worker is paid enough to afford housing, food, health care, and the other necessities of daily life.  Yet in 2017, 17 million workers labored for wages too meager to lift their household above the federal poverty line.

Did the Bill Clinton administration take any steps to correct this injustice?  Did the Obama-Biden administration?  You think voting for Joe Biden will improve things in this country.  You’re kidding yourself.

You say you want a revolution?  You won’t find it on the ballot.