The Gap and Other Damage

Now that we have a Trump as Commander in Chief, it's time for a few predictions.

The biggest and most obvious is that Trump, his cronies, and policies will widen the already monstrous gap between the super rich and the rest of us. Billionaires and big corporate interests have their man in charge and will come after the whatever table-scraps the rest of us are fighting over with all their power and all their goons.

You wait. Those poor, working-class suckers who think that giving corporations big tax break will lead to more jobs, higher wages, and better working conditions will be laid off as those corporations cut workers to maximize profits and returns for wealthy investors. The decline in wages will continue as corporate profits outstrip meager compensation. (The richest 20% own most of the stock market and will benefit nicely, but what's good for investors is not necessarily good for workers.)

And the growing gap between investors and workers in terms of income and wealth is only one way workers will be left out of Trump's policies. All those men and women who are out of jobs and voted for this guy are going to have to mortgage their homes to get life-saving health care because they are working at convenience stores with no benefits for minimum wage. Their real wages will continue to fall after decades of stagnation, thanks to the long line of Trump, Reagan, Bush, and, yes, Clinton.

A new generation will enter an economy that wants them only as soldiers and lackies of the investment class rather than creative contributors to vibrant, diverse economy that supports innovative people looking to make a difference.

But, for some reason, many rust-belt workers support this guy and his plans strip wealth from blue collar and transfer it to trust-funder. They voted for the fox even though they live in the coop.

When Trump's protectionist, pro-corporation policies make working for a living a dead-end, no-win game, those same workers might wake up and see him for what he is. Or not. 

I hope they get really pissed off and vote these wingnut reactionaries out when they get a chance.

Then there is the global climate crisis and Trump's short-term, rapist views of resources. You know what that looks like.

Power has been cemented in the hands of the greedy, bigoted, sexist bullies.

Fasten your seat belts.

It's going to be quite the ride.

A wave will build, I hope, that even Trumpies won't be able to control, if people have so much as two brain cells to rub together. Those unemployed steel workers and rust belters might wake up, and, if they do, there will be torches in the night, tar heated in a carbon-encrusted cauldron.

Grab your pitchforks.