January 25, 2015 story in New York Times: “Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing Up.”

“Still more evidence that a major source of the wealth of the 1% has been from transferring it from the people who need it for a decent life. No doubt there will be business leaders, economists and politicians who say that the way to address this problem is to put even more money in the hands of the plutocrats. But I’d like to know if these pundits realize that their approach actually shows a disdain for the concept of ‘America’–a place where average hardworking people can earn a decent living for themselves and their family.”