[narses]

And yet the ‘poor’ in America are doing better today than in 1970, no?

[kabar]

By what measure? Many are being paid 1970 wages. We have the lowest savings rate of any developed country.

[Barnacle]

And yet the ‘poor’ in America are doing better today than in 1970, no?

I don't know about the poor. But, I will say as a member of the middle class, we're getting screwed. And, a big part of that is due to corporate greed and illegal immigration.