The Week in Blog: Weird in Washington (Bill Scher & Kristen Soltis)

[bkjazfan]

This 1% business is getting old. Robert Reich about 15 years ago said that the top 30% are ahead of the financial eight ball and the remaining 70% are falling further and further behind. Now, it could be the top 20 or 25%. Smearing the top 1% is the easy way out. The hard part is dealing the bottom 3/4's. They have been sliding down the economic ladder for at least the past 30 years regardless of who runs Congress or occupies the White House.