Most middle class consumers purchase much less than the wealthy. I purchase nothing from investment firms, so would not be hurt at all if they were taxed fairly.
If Bill Clinton .messed up. so badly, he would have lost in his re-election effort, just like Trump.
Here's a little history lesson for you. The sun may have fried your brain during history class down in Texass or maybe your religious leaders and teachers lied to you. This was as early as 200 BC- as in 200 years BEFORE Christ, and was nearly complete before Christianity took hold anywhere..
Between 200 BC and 14 AD,
Rome conquered most of Western
Europe, Greece and the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa.
The Roman Empire’s rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world.
www.vox.com
THEY- not Christians- civilized it by bringing their form of law and order to the far reaches of Europe