wage growth was 3.1% last year. take government workers out of the pool, who get contracted salary increases, and remove the top 2% of all private wage earners - and you'll find private sector middle class wages are decreasing. and we all know what is happening to private pensions and medical benefit co-pays (for everyone not in government employment).
Nice try.
Net household worth is at an all time high. 15 trillion.
Manufacturing expands for the 32nd month in a row.
Consumer confidence is high.
And wage growth outpaces inflation.
Go sell your gloom somewhere else.