I can't quantitatively give an answer on this, but intuitively it just seems the mentality of the poor and the mentality of the wealthy are growing further and further apart.



There are more working poor than ever, ever dependent on social subsidies. The wealthy and well to do seem to control more and more economic power and continue to grow smaller and smaller as an overall percentage of the total population. The gulf widens. The cultures grow further and further apart.



My baseline for this thought is that of "Our Greatest Generation". They went to war. Won the peace. Came home. Went to college. Got degrees and provided for their families. They were regular people. They worked on their cars and their houses and such. Just normal approachable Joes. Not elitist. No big agenda. Just down to earth and practical. In the moment types. Middle class. Unfortunately, that family is now gone.



Now it's the working poor and chronically unemployed, ever dependent of government assistance and NGO charity. Low education. Low wage. Low skill work force. High rates for school dropout. High teen pregnancies. Single parents. The obese with lifelong health issues. Underachievers and under-performers with high costs for lifelong social maintenance and dependency. Forever obliged to suck on the teat of Government.



Just my opinion.



jsc
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