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  • Trouble ahead for the American middle class

    05/16/2006 9:05:47 AM PDT · by jpsb · 148 replies · 2,608+ views
    Free Republic | may 16, 2006 | jim shirreffs
    I have for many years now, been warning of the age old battle between the super rich and the middle class. Only in the usa during the 19th and 20th century, did the middle class win that battle. During the 19th and 20th century in the usa the power of the super wealthy was curtailed. Government enacted laws that protected the middle class and encouraged exspandsion of the middle class. Anti-trust laws prevented the super rich from gaining control over entire industries. Today these laws are ignored. Labor laws enabled workers to bargain for a living wage. Today these laws...