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elleng

(130,740 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:02 PM Oct 2017

Study By MIT Economist: U.S. Has Regressed To A Third-World Nation For Most Of Its Citizens.

'America divided – this concept increasingly graces political discourse in the U.S., pitting left against right, conservative thought against the liberal agenda. But for decades, Americans have been rearranging along another divide, one just as stark if not far more significant – a chasm once bridged

America divided – this concept increasingly graces political discourse in the U.S., pitting left against right, conservative thought against the liberal agenda. But for decades, Americans have been rearranging along another divide, one just as stark if not far more significant – a chasm once bridged by a flourishing middle class.

Peter Temin, Professor Emeritus of Economics at MIT, believes the ongoing death of “middle America” has sparked the emergence of two countries within one, the hallmark of developing nations.

In his new book, The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy, Temin paints a bleak picture where one country has a bounty of resources and power, and the other toils day after day with minimal access to the long-coveted American dream.'>>>

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Study By MIT Economist: U.S. Has Regressed To A Third-World Nation For Most Of Its Citizens. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2017 OP
And Republicans couldn't be happier and neither could the deplorables since liberals aren't in power LonePirate Oct 2017 #1
Been saying that for a long time.....as many others here have. AJT Oct 2017 #2
So have I. We have fallen so far, and GOP is quite happy about it. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #5
Debt, deficits and red ink all over the place. democratisphere Oct 2017 #3
America is fractured as attempts as made to glue it together in a failing manner. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #4

LonePirate

(13,408 posts)
1. And Republicans couldn't be happier and neither could the deplorables since liberals aren't in power
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:05 PM
Oct 2017

Things are fucked up in this country.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
2. Been saying that for a long time.....as many others here have.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:08 PM
Oct 2017

It's been a corporate sponsored race to the bottom.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
3. Debt, deficits and red ink all over the place.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:25 PM
Oct 2017

The redumbliCONs are now engineering a giant tax cut for the wealthiest that will be subsidized by many peoples Medicare, Medicaid, and increased national debt. Rome is falling quickly.

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