They are expressing grievances not only against the banks but more importantly against the blatant income inequality in the U.S., with the 1% ultra-rich paying less of their fair share in taxes while the downtrodden low-income masses bear more of the burden, even as massive unemployment has made their lives more unbearable.
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He voted in favour of the NAFTA free-trade area in 1993, but on the campaign trail, especially in the downtrodden mid-west, he has promised to review all of America's free-trade agreements.
Sam Troughton is perfect as Thomas, wearing a determined yet downtrodden and already-defeated air, enhanced by a not-quite-right suit and crooked glasses.
The current incumbent Kevin Pietersen enjoyed a spectacular start to his reign and some thought he was blessed with the Midas touch for the way he transformed a downtrodden team into an all-conquering side.
And while I was well paid, I had become the very image of my most despised beings: a downtrodden commuter, avoiding eye-contact with the fellow-travellers, whose home town was a place to sleep rather than a community to which he could contribute.
Many worry that the Tories' plans, for all their benefits for the middle-class, would offer little to the downtrodden.
He also made the extraordinary assertion that a restrictive immigration policy would help downtrodden illegal immigrants, such as the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers.
Downtrodden franchises like to toss around pithy slogans like "five-year plan" and "long-term vision" to mask their wretchedness.
And as male executives supposedly feel downtrodden by female rivals, several British firms are setting up male-only self-help groups to give men the confidence to assert themselves in the office.
There's no high-profile quarterback destined to go No. 1 and instantly become the face of a downtrodden franchise.
The Democratic Party will lose their high-income and educated supporters, who regard it as motivated by compassion to the poor and downtrodden, not as socialists.
For one thing, the show focuses not on LaGuardia's famous mayoralty, which lasted for three terms from 1934 to 1945, but on the pre-mayor phase of his career, when he was a lawyer helping the city's downtrodden and then a congressman.
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