The Crisis Of The American Working Class

The Federalist ^ | 11/4/15 | Ben Domenech

[Another Post-American]

The disturbing evidence about the health of white middle-aged American working class, discovered and publicized this week by Nobel prize winner Angus Deaton and his wife Anne Case, is not tied to just one trend in the culture, policies, or economic factors at work within the United States. It is not the fault of one party or movement, but has multiple root causes. But it is something we all ought to be concerned about, both for the future fiscal and policy burden it represents, and for the broader lesson it tells us about how America is changing.

The numbers clearly indicate that these Americans are increasingly likely to kill themselves – whether on purpose or through the slow gradual death of addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs. The rate of mortality increased most dramatically for white Americans lacking any more than a high school education.

[Another Post-American]

Found this to be a particularly intelligent, important article on the struggles of non-wealthy white people in the U.S. I believe the U.S. is dying, and the trajectory of the middle class is a microcosm of this death.

[Oldexpat]

Lots of contractors lost out to illegal aliens and put a lot of white guys out of work. We sent jobs to Mexico via nafta and they sent us even more illegals.

[Tzimisce]

It’s called “Communism”, “Socialism” or Bernie Sanders “I can’t believe it’s not Communism”.

Karl Marx HATED the middle class. He HATED them. He didn’t have a SINGLE IDEA geared for helping the middle class.

But middle class Marxists (aka the working class) keeps voting for it. :)

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its more like the working poor than the working class.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I agree the article is interesting, but it’s odd that he uses the last few paragraphs to bash Trump as a “Snake oil salesman”.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Senator Ted Cruz 2016 : ABANDON the Political SUICIDE of Increasing H1B Visas (An Open Letter)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3355516/posts

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[willgolfforfood]

Currently I’d agree with you. These issues will likely migrate upward into the middle class. And maybe higher.