But the 1% still have their tax cuts and corporate profits are setting new records, so how can this be a problem? The naysayers might complain about how US consumers make or break the economy but since those middle class consumers don’t count as much as corporate lobbyists, why is this a problem?

The corporate giants who continue to pummel the US system can just sell to each other and ignore the consumer. By the look of their actions, that’s obviously what the political class thinks so there shouldn’t be any problems with this. Who needs ’em anyway, right?