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First off, I fully agree that the middle class is shrinking. However this article is full of twisted numbers when you really step back and understand WHY the number is what it is. I will illustrate a few. People make decisions every day. We don't make them randomly or arbitrarily. We use logic every time whether we realise it or not. It usually comes down to effort:result or risk:reward. The country has got to the point where you can go get a minimum wage job or live off of gov assistance and live THE SAME LIFESTYLE. THAT is the problem. There is no result or reward for the effort. Hence why so many people won't get a job. 99 weeks is the time some people have had to find work and so many say they need more time. Now I am all about helping people in need. But don't tell me you can't find a job earning the same you are making on unemployment within 99 weeks. Ofcoarse you can, but people won't take those jobs, they are "holding out for something better". If you remove the net and MAKE people take these jobs, then they realize how bad it sucks to work so hard for so little. Since they are working anyways, they will then try to move thier way back up the ladder and earn more to make working worthwhile. THAT is how you get people back in middle class.