The Middle Class Is Bleeding Out—and Washington Is Holding the Knife

The Rich Got Their Bailouts—You Got the Bill Remember 2008? They told you “too big to fail” was the only way to save the economy. So they printed trillions to paper over the rot at the core of Wall Street. Fast forward to 2020, and they did it again, flooding the system with more fabricated dollars than at any point in human history. That tidal wave of easy money didn’t “trickle down.” It surged into asset bubbles, enriching the well-connected while the rest of America’s households got buried in higher costs and stagnant paychecks. And if you doubt it, look at the Pew numbers: in 1971, 61% of Americans were considered middle class. Today, it’s 51%. That’s a ten-point collapse…