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People almost always have an upward income trajectory, and a poll on b8 of mostly middle to upper middle class white men about it shows very little. People having employment on its own, for the ethics of work itself, is not the goal of the president, the new jobs being created are low wage and most Americans are overworked, underpaid (paycheck to paycheck, cannot cover an unexpected expense) and stressed out. If we wanted to put people to work, we could. Bernie proposed a job guarantee, where any American willing to work could be guaranteed a living wage and a job provided by the government. Somehow it didn't get passed, because most people in power don't actually care about the ethics of work, or providing people with a living wage, they care about creating profit for the wealthy. It's like when George W Bush gave everyone a check for 700 dollars or whatever, people said 'look, he is helping out the little guy!' and it's an absurd argument. He does not care one little bit about helping out the little guy, and all of his policies are explicitly about the opposite. He gave the checks to temporarily boost economic activity, to create profit for the rich. Trying to keep poor people alive in big enough numbers and healthy enough to still provide employees is not a kindness. Massive levels of wealth are being transferred from the working class to the top 1% and have been for a very long time, and any policies that keep that trend in place are not helping workers in the long run. I agree that it is great that Trump happens to be such a narcissist that, reportedly, he doesn't want to go to war because he fears it would harm his re election propsects....but what if he gets re elected and doesn't have to worry about another election?