What if the rich, driving inequality, really cripple the U.S.? (wages, salaries)

[Clarallel]

I was reading an interesting, poignant piece about human trafficking in Nigeria:

The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl
Every year, thousands of teen-agers from one city in Nigeria risk death and endure forced labor and sex work on the long route to Europe
By Ben Taub
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...rafficked-girl

Among other things, it says that Nigeria is the richest nation in Africa. But we know that it is also a place of desperate poverty, unending internet scams, and people fleeing the country. One reason they're fleeing (and scamming) is because there are no jobs. With no jobs, people can't buy whatever goods are available. And I was thinking - here in America, with so many of the big corporations, outsourcing jobs to avoid paying decent wages here, hoarding profits instead of investing in their companies or providing better salaries ... maybe we're headed down the same path? Wages for many here are so low that people work two jobs. Good education is becoming less affordable. Things could get very grim.