> In absolute terms we have never been richer. Simply not true; there was a time in this country when a middle class lifestyle worked on one income leaving one

> In absolute terms we have never been richer. Simply not true; there was a time in this country when a middle class lifestyle worked on one income leaving one parent free to raise kids. Those times are over, the middle class has been virtually destroyed and two income families are now the norm just to get by. That's not a relative comparison, that's an absolute decrease in lifestyle. That technology has progressed making computers cheap means diddly squat.