The Plutocrats are creating a permanent underclass. It has been occurring since 2006.

Housing, the bastion of the USA Middle Class, has been falling in sales since 2006.

Number of new houses (click here) sold in the United States from 1995 to 2016 (in thousands)

Below is the history of the DOW. The wealth class has been taking the wealth of the middle class. The new tax law makes it permanent.

So while the populous of the USA is transfixed by the media on an "Alpha Dog Fight" the country is heading into poverty.