The middle class is being overburdened. That's all!
From what I think, we're heading toward a 2 class system. The very wealthy (the 1000 billionaires we have in this country) and the masses (the 300,000,000 rest of us).
Even many millionaires (single million) are having a hard time.
Anyway, a lot of the people who were considered middle class are losing all they own; losing their jobs; losing their pensions; losing what have you; while the chief officers are only seeing their salaries get bumped up. No biggie. Yup.