It seems that the public in the US are reacting to the basic flaws in the system on which the whole economy is based.
Just as in Canada, where is has been said that over 90% of the public don't trust the politicians that they, the public have voted into office, in the US, according to a recent TV news report, the public are failing to have trust in the foundations of the economy.
US critics have stated that this is unjustified as a whole mistrust, and that it is just a few companies that are the cause of the mistrust.
Unfortunately, the companies mentioned are all leading financial concerns, and the reason given by one critic for the mistrust is the manner in which these companies have done business.

Lets stop and have a general look at how things work - companies employ people, and those people make enough money to survive, this money coming from the value they add to the day-to-day running of the company.
Also from that added value, a massive amount is subtracted and paid to investors, who add nothing to the value of the company.

This appears to be proof of the failure of the American Dream. It is no longer possible, in a general sense, to do well by working hard. But for the last while it has been extremely easy to do well by taking money out, and adding nothing in.

The situation has now become imbalanced, and those who buy the goods no longer have the money to do so. Neither do the foreign workers in other countries, because they work for lower pay.
The only people who have the purchasing power are the investors and upper managers, and there are not enough of them to make a purchasing difference. Ironic, huh?

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