99% of us can't afford the stock market, so the 1% who can have doubled their money in 5 years. The rest of us are paying more for everything from taxes, food, to gasoline to get to work for the man. We live from payday to payday. We certainly have been suckered by that "trickle down" from the 80's. I for one have not seen the trickle down but more like an "up the chute".