America has gone to sh!t

[Hellion]

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/the-u.s.-middle-class-is-being-wiped-out-here%27s-the-stats-to-prove-it-520657.html?tickers=%5EDJI,%5EGSPC,SPY,MCD,WMT,XRT,DIA

What a shame that we may be a third world nation

[angry_darkness]

I have seen this happen over the past 20 years. When the government has more people on welfare and food stamps then people paying taxes,maybe then they may do something.But they don't care, they are getting their campaign contributions from the rich people and corporations anyways.

[Reaper]

Can thank Clinton for starting the global trade called NAFTA. That is the only thing I didn't like him for. I thought it would create a lot of jobs for people like me in the trucking industry, but now the big companies are paying drivers way less than they used to and Federal regulations are putting a major squeeze on requirements to be a driver all in the name of "safety."

I'm certainly feeling the crunch from aspects on that list. Hell, I am making half as much as I did last year and becoming worried that I won't be able to keep my house.

[WhiteLines]

Interesting article but not news to me. I have been to peoples homes that were only tin sheds with a dirt floor and an extention cord going to it from a nearby trailer to provide electricity for a lamp and a space heater. Hell, I even once lived in a broke down dodge camper that sat in a junk yard covered in plastic wrap and heated by space heater (but it did have a telephone and satelite tv for a while) ...couple of years later i had a 3 story townhouse in Muskegon, but now once again I'm back to having almost nothing. The lower class is the biggest growing sector of america it seems... mainly because once you get there its impossible to get back out of it.