The poor and middle class would be too stupid to back him/her. So they are really responsible for their own enslavment. Americans really deserve their current predicament, as do Canadians. One reality of democracy is if the masses are idiots, they will back idiotic policies and the demagogues that espouse them... unfortunately that is about where we are now.Yes. If only America could find someone who could "spread the wealth around". Then our country would live in perfect harmony.