Dromig, you need to draw time lines.   Go back to W. last year in office when the great recession hit due to poor policy and no enforcement.  Look what happened  to the economy.  the stock market, the value of homes, net worth.  If your net worth is not more than it was in January 2008 then you are doing something wrong.  
As for income inequality it gained momentum through the Bush tax cuts and only started to decrease in Obama's last year.  Time-lines help people move from fiction to facts.