Between 2017 and 2019, middle-class incomes saw some of their fastest growth in decades. Wages rose across demographics, poverty rates dropped to historic lows, and the income gap between rich and poor narrowed — all without massive new welfare programs.

Instead of top-down government handouts, Trump-era policies focused on growing the economy from the bottom up through deregulation, tax reform, and competitive job creation.

The conservative view has always been clear: dignity, opportunity, and independence grow when government interference shrinks. It worked once — and it can work again.