If you did more that 1 second of research, you'd know the history of the middle class in the US starts in the early 1800s with the growth of manufacturing, not

If you did more that 1 second of research, you'd know the history of the middle class in the US starts in the early 1800s with the growth of manufacturing, not WWII. WWII was a huge boost for various reasons (women in the workforce, GI Bill), but it doesn't negate the parents point about the immigrants of the previous century.