I can only guess where you are getting your information Justin. Average wage is NOT down to record levels, and corporate profits are NOT up to record levels. Your right it doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going on, it just takes someone willing to look at the facts. I will give you just a few examples.
1. Exxon oil gets a profit of 2 cents a gal. of gas sold (after expenses) While the Gov. gets 48 cents on every gal. sold.
2. 60% of the price of a bottle of Jack Daniels goes to the Government.
3. The Gov. allows banks to defer from paying property taxes on a foreclosed home untill it's sold (even though they are the owners). Thus increasing your property taxes to recoup the money needed for the local Gov. The Federal Gov. used this deferment to force banks like Wells Fargo to take a bailout even when they didn't need it. Gov. makes a profit.
4. The average working American is estimated to be paying 57% of the money they earn in some sort of taxes.
These are just a few examples of who the real crooks are. If you look up the word corporation you will see the largest and most powerfull corporation in the world is the U.S. Government, and while the sheep protest the wrong people, the Government corporation gets bigger. It doesn't take a genius to see that you are being used. Where's your money? The Government has it. Talk to them.