Hanif on Media

Beginning with the Reagan administration, and reaching its fullest realization during the presidency of George W. Bush, conservatives have systematically been acting to redistribute wealth from the middle class upward. The result has been the steady decay of the middle class, and it’s all a result of conservative policies, specifically involving taxes and deregulation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitchell-bard/krugmans-takedown-of-ryan_b_674845.html

… And other hard-to-find perspectives amid our blame-Obama, Faux News-driven news media:

Decline of the middle class as metaphor for decline of America

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-j-learsy/decline-of-the-middle-cla_b_675022.html

… Also:

Third World America: 11 Books predicting the collapse of the middle class

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/third-world-america-11-bo_n_672280.html#s122823