Another link that you might find interesting on this subject, in a way. I do not believe that the answer is redistributing the wealth by government action but an acknowledgement that we need reform, in taxes especially and stop measuring new times with old tools.

"How should we define a "decently paid" job today? Perhaps we should define it by the standards of the 1950s when the holder of such a job could buy a median priced home with 2 years of salary and also afford to send his kids to college."


Article: The Origins, and Decimation of, America's Great Middle Class. And What to Do About It | OpEdNews

Simpson Bowles was bold by Obama and I really supported it but it got scrapped. It certainly had not all the answers and maybe none, but the process that was to be used, in my opinion, was correct.

Throw it all on the table....do not measure using old tools. The government does not need to be the one to redistribute the money.....create the environment, challenge the definitions we use and acknowledge the problems