This has nothing to do with politics.  It has to do with Corporate America - CEO salaries, as one example.  Americans love to think they are free.  Yes, free to get ******, by banks, insurance companies, the health care system, managed-care, big pharm, legal system, media system etc., etc.  Our ignorance is so evident as we are kept busy fighting among ourselves. We need to "stick it to the man, not fetch his stick"!