Opinion | The 50-Year Takeaway From Middle-Class America

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Opinion | The 50-Year Takeaway From Middle-Class America
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'We should be demanding that the labors and taxes of our parents and grandparents be compensated with free healthcare and education, and with guaranteed housing and mental healthcare for the most vulnerable among us.'

"We should be demanding that the labors and taxes of our parents and grandparents be compensated with free healthcare and education, and with guaranteed housing and mental healthcare for the most vulnerable among us."There's a lot to be troubled about in America, but one long-term and often overlooked injustice may be the most damaging affront to our nation's people.

To add to the insult, business-backed media has convinced many Americans that this is the beauty of capitalism, that any hard-working individual can be a billionaire, and that any concession to social responsibility is anti-American, bordering on communism. So, as a result, many of us accept our grotesquely unequal distribution of wealth as a natural result of progress.

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