Almost half of Americans say Wall Street banks have made the “American Dream” more difficult to attain, according to a national poll released Wednesday that also shows capitalism still has strong support.

The RealClear Opinion Research survey shows 45 percent of Americans say Wall Street and investment firms make it harder for them to achieve the American Dream, while 26 percent say they make no difference and 13 percent say they make the goal easier to win.

Ordinary Americans get it: Wall Street is a bunch of parasites who make their money by running a rigged casino with our retirement money.

I would expect that these poll results will encourage members of the finance industry to increase their political donations, because it takes money to get politicians to tell the voters to go Cheney themselves.