From TechCentralStation:
Today, there are two Americas. One America agrees with Congressman Sanders and Senator John Edwards that life is getting harder for working Americans, that things have been going down hill for thirty years, and that our only hope is bigger government. The other America realizes that it is nonsense to suggest that the middle class is disappearing and that the standard of living is eroding for working Americans.
This essay consists mostly of a deluge of statistics. But before I get to that, let me just ask you to consider what you can see with your own eyes. Is your family worse off than it was in the 1970's? Are many of the families that you know worse off? Do the people that you see in shopping malls, on vacation, on the highway, or in restaurants look like they are worse off than they were thirty years ago?
In the 1970's, ordinary working people drove Vegas and Pintos. They did not eat out much. They rarely traveled by airplane. Many of their jobs were dangerous. Do you really think that there are many working Americans today who would trade places with their 1970's counterparts?
Matt's Chat
Go read the rest of it for all the wordy statistics and fancy charts. Great stuff to battle the liberal in the next office...Mark's Remarks
But, don't confuse liberals with the facts, all they need is a cool soundbite. Unfortunately, many Americans seem to have come down with ADD and also do not follow up by researching, instead calling researching looking at different soundbites rather than the facts. This article sticks to the facts and should be looked at and used when debating rational people. The irrational ones will simply close their eyes, plug their ears, and shake their heads and scream for an hour.
