Quote from Diamondtrim:
Here are my 2 cents. Things today change a lot faster than most people are use to. The trouble that the middle class is going to have is that where before you could be a secretary for 20 years now you have instant messaging and your job is no longer as important and therefore less pay will be dervided from it. That is just an example but it will continue. We have exported manufacturing so what is the middle class to do? Here is my answer. More entrepreneurs. People will need to figure out ways to create smaller low overhead businesses where you are not competing with an overseas labor force. The only solution is good old fashioned out of the box thinking. Like the guy who did girls gon wild, there are tons of examples like that in all ranges. People like familiarity but it will never go back to go to school get a degree and then a job and work your way up the ladder. Those days are long gone. The only solution is adaptation. What is cool is that this is already happening looking at all the bloggers out there with adds on their blogs etc. The middle class war has been going on for a long time. Again just my 2 cents.
Quote from fickletrader:
The reason foreigners hate americans is exactly because of this attitude. Do you think you are entitled to your middle class jobs because you're a good 'ol 'merican? Go ahead and get in the back of the soup line and scream some more about how unfair it is that you aren't overpaid anymore. The reality is that globalization is doing A GOOD THING by distributing the wealth of the American middle class. Americans don't deserve it any more than anybody else who can work.
If you want money, start using your money to buy more money instead of lattes and auto leasing. Middle class revolt? HILARIOUS!