look at the cost of a college degree, when I went to college my GI Bill paid $1,800 a year, todays college education is over $30K a year.
a New car in the early 70's $3,500, today over $30K, a house in the early 70's $50K for a turn key nice home, today the same house over $250K, requiring work, depending on location. The purchasing power of the dollar used to get you something in return, now it buys a piece of candy. Middle class families assume massive amounts of debt to acquire the same items. My Social Security check covers very little of our true cost of living, why? We are slowly being taxed out of our home by uncontrolled property tax increases, why? Maybe it's time to do some research. I don't blame the wealthy just the f-ing politicians that squandered our future so they would be reelected. In short it's the travail of liberalism 101.