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What's Really Behind the "Middle Class Squeeze"?
Given all the rhetoric these days on the "middle class squeeze," this recent article in the Washington Post, The Real Economic Scorecard, offers an interesting counterpoint when analyzing the economic report card. Robert J. Samuelson makes the case that the rising cost of health coverage and our nation's unchecked immigration problem - essentially growing the number of residents below poverty level - are the root of our nation's economic problems. Take a moment to read this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202437.html
Posted by Press Staff (09-10-2008, 07:08 PM) filed under Labor |