Thursday, August 30, 2012

Unseen Class War Could Decide the Election

Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Much is said about class warfare in contemporary America, and there’s justifiable anger at the impoverishment of much of the middle and working classes. The Pew Research Center recently dubbed the 2000s a “lost decade” for middle-income earners "” some 85% of Americans in that category feel it’s now more difficult to maintain their standard of living than at the beginning of the millennium, according to a Pew survey.Blaming a disliked minority - rich business folks - has morphed into a predictable strategy for President Obama’s...

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