"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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I don't see any change for the better without a major restructuring of
society so that the lower and middle income folks have a chance, a
real
chance, for good jobs, health care, and a decent retirement. The flow
of
resources has to be reversed from the very rich to everyone else.

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There has always been the "very rich" in our society and there has
always been those who aspire to become rich or at least comfortably
well off.
That hasn't changed.

What has changed is that the opportunities for growth from one "class"
(bad characterization, but you get the idea) to another have
diminished dramatically. So, as the middle class shrinks, the "rich"
look like the villains who deserve all the blame.

That's not the problem. The problem, (as I see it and tried to point
out before) is that good paying jobs that are the basis of careers
and advancement over the years have disappeared. Those that come
back and used to pay $30 per hour now only pay $15. It's an economic
shakeup due mostly to the emergence of a global economy and
competition for those jobs coming from qualified but low paying
factories off shore.