The CEO of our company makes $12 million a year and got a $800k bonus last year for good sales. Meanwhile, in our office, I was told that they weren’t paying for any overtime this year and there was a new raise cap put in place. No raises over 2%.

A one-year old is just learning to walk, tentatively toddling across the living room. A fifteen month old is running from room to room, tearing into everything, proving your worthlessness at “babyproofing” your own home. There is absolutely a difference.

Yup, instead of the Great American Dream, we have the Great American Disappointment. The economy has changed so much from much of the 20th century, and the 1% has been masterful in sucking up ever more of the value being generated. So people drive themselves insane trying to keep up.

It’s really very simple.