Reply #63: Oh HELL no. He's not pulling THAT Puke canard, is he?

[HughBeaumont]

The whole "the middle class is better off thanks to globalization because they kin buy DVDs and TVs for a fraction of a cost compared to 30 years ago" thing???? Holeeeee shit. SOMEone's failboat has arrived.

It's a massive fail because that's not at ALL why the middle/working/poor classes have fallen behind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A

The areas we’re getting hit on are housing, education, transportation, health care, groceries, etc. In other words, necessities are priced or getting priced well out of reach of even the American middle class, much less the working class and poor.

Krugman and others should acknowledge and give credit where credit is due for once.

Stagnant wages vs. vaulting costs is the problem. Risk shifting from the rich to the middle/working/poor classes over the past 30 years is the problem.

WE are not the lion's share of the problem. It’s the wealthy that need to start playing ball. We’ve sacrificed ENOUGH.