This is why Trump is so popular. If you expand this to include blue collar workers that have been savaged over the last twenty years, you can see the vein of anger that he is tapping into.
[1]: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/reversing-t...
he promises things he knows he can not deliver, but that fit the needs of the people that would vote for him. they can't risk that he might actually be able to deliver and no one else is making those promises, and so they take a chance.
like buying lottery tickets with your last dollar.
It's amazing that those who are near the bottom of the ladder will spend more time making sure those that are underneath them stay there rather than look above them.