For most human issues there is a line to illustrate it. For statistics there are at least two good ones. Figures don't lie but liars an figure. Another one Figures don't lie but it you choke them hard enough you can make them say anything you want.
As far as the spread between the wealthy and the middle class, this is not just in the United States but a world wide phenomenon.
There are many reasons. In the US post WWII we were a manufacturing powerhouse.
Working in the auto industry, 80% of the worlds cars were made in the US. Working on an assembly line, due to unions would make you middle class. Today, much of that work is done in foreign countries and or robots.
Technology thief a common topic. When, you manufacture something. you can sell the same thing over and over again. You have trained labor, tools and factories. Technology is easy to reverse engineer. They are doing it, how can we copy it or even make it better.
As much as people bemoan what was, we cannot go backwards. We must see where we are and decide where we want to go.
Taxes and economics if we dare to see reality. If you tax something you will have less of it. If, you subsidize something you will have more of it. The most complex issue are truly simple if we dare to see them.
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