Mr. Berman really needs to think things through. He complains that "Standards of living have been in decline for decades", an assertion that is true of the US but NOT of other first world countries. He then endorses Republican tax policies calculated to increase inequality and thereby drive standards of living down even further. What is needed is policies that will put more money in the pockets of working people, especially low wage earners, not policies that will suck more money into the bank accounts of those who are already very rich.
Higher minimum wages, encouragement of unions, and generous social programs are the ticket to overall prosperity; Trump policies are a sure recipe for steadily increasing poverty and sickness.