Your original post was that the Europeans mistreated the Native Americans. As I said they treated the same as they treated each other. Now, you are leaping 500 years to the present day. The way the Americans have treated the Native Americans is disgraceful. Of course, being America, the way we treat all minorities is disgraceful. This C*** about trickle down economics is hog wash as was the guy who first proposed it. The American middle class was created from 1940 to 1970. Up until 1963 the top tax rate was 90% to 95%. JFK lowered it to 70%. All of the wealth that was created by the middle class has been lost in the last 45 years. Though minorities suffered during this time they made huge strides in their group wealth.
 So if you are claiming that the elite of this country are destroying it, I agree with you 100%. I am retired now, but I worked extensively overseas, I knew when they passed that "trickle down" tax bill that it was going to create an oligarchy and it has.