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my thoughts:

globalization is sending jobs to other countries, middle class and poor suffer, rich get richer.
Its part of neoliberalism as well. (neoliberalism and neoconservativism go beyond just "conservatives vs liberals").

people in the 1950s were better off (in some ways). the gap between rich and poor is growing. middle class is dying.




here are some statistics:

45 million live in poverity
98 million are low-income
1 in 5 kids in poverity

1% owns 43% percent of wealth
5% owns 72% percent of wealth

1/3 native americans are in poverty
1/4 African Americans
1/4 Hispanics
1/10 Asians
1/10 Europeans
1 in 9 us homes are vacant.
(kairos center)
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