Based on numbers I have seen economists sharing in order to have the same purchasing power my parents did in 1983 making around $35K I would need $165K. If I wanted their purchasing power in 1990 the number jumps to $246K. That in a nutshell explains our current politics.

The younger generations are understatedly upset. Those on the right channel this into anger, hence Trump. Those on the left channel it into “extreme liberalism.” Hence my college age son and many of his cohorts identifying as socialists.

I’m not a political scientist or an economist, so please tell me if I’m wrong, but is the basic solution simply to drastically raise corporate tax? To this layman it sure seems that way.