What reputable member of Congress would scowl at the announcement of the lowest black unemployment rate in history or the lowest unemployment claims in 45 years?
One could easily argue that the country is in a state of disunion similar to the nation before the Civil War. Anyone who does not live in a vacuum can feel the demarcation. We have a very dangerous division...a divided middle class! It's divided politically, spiritually, ideologically, and socially. Each side has 'different dreams.'
Every country on the planet has its rich and poor. But it's the middle class that makes for a vigorous and healthy society. The poor need to know they have some place to go...something to aspire to, while the rich need the middle class to provide a relief valve, a sort of protection from the sneering and suspicion of the poor.