Having recently showed the diverging "consumer comfort" between the haves and the have-nots, perhaps the following chart more than any other typifies the superficial society in the US today. The question is - what happened in 1999/2000 to break the "what's good for Wall Street is good for Main Street" meme?
![GlobalIntelHub2](https://i0.wp.com/globalintelhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GlobalIntelHub2.jpg?fit=2400%2C1200&ssl=1)