[mburbank]

I don't know about 'liberals' since I still have no damn idea what you mean about that, but it's still a swell issue for Populists.

Why? Because that article doesn't ask the right question, which is, 'best economy in 20 years for whom?'. The top 5% who already own most of America's assets? Cause it's been pretty okay for them this whole time, it's just sucked for the pother 95% of us. It's been my experience over the last twenty years of working for a living that a rising tide lifting all boats is a shitty metaphor for the economy which has a tendency to lift folks at the top pretty damn quick and sink a whole friggin' fleet at the same time.

Middle class? Shrinking since the mid 70's. Lower class. Growing since then with a brief respite for a a few years during the last boom. Percentage living below the poverty line for family of four? Growing. When those stats start to change I'll be happy, no matter who the president is. The first year my raise goes up more than my health care costs, I'll know we're on the right track.