What's heartbreaking is the hypocrisy of those who achieved success calling themselves self made men (Jeb Bush, Trump, etc.) and those who didn’t blaming others (Mexicans, elites, China, Muslims, coastal elites, etc.) for their failure.
In a recent thread about the shutdown I asked folks if they could get by without a couple of paychecks. Most of the posters said right out of college they put together and kept a rainy day fund aside just in case and I believe their posts were truthful.
To my surprise the most conservative high profile members on here went silent... Some of them have show no empathy towards others, even asking about "some blacks" who blame slavery for their poverty while not saying who do they blame for their own poverty. Nafta, maybe?
In the meantime we're still a magnet for others to come to this country for a better life.