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‘Stick it to them’ policies that have stuck
You didn’t expect a pre-test, but: Which presidential candidate coined the term “rigged economy”?
(A) Bernie Sanders; (B) Elizabeth Warren; (C) Jill Stein; (D) Donald Trump.
Answer: D.
OK, actual parentage may be in dispute. Patrick Henry might have uttered the phrase first. However, Trump – yes, him – is the one who plied it into a presidency.
Trump convinced a lot of working-class voters that the system was rigged against them and that (D) was the answer.
Were it not s...