Median wages have decline by 4% since 2000. Median wealth has fallen by 28% in a decade. The middle class has been reduced by 11% since 1971. Even in the cha

Median wages have decline by 4% since 2000. Median wealth has fallen by 28% in a decade. The middle class has been reduced by 11% since 1971. Even in the chart you posted, things people NEED have become steadily more expensive while wages have remained flat. Student loan debt has skyrocketed over 200% since 1990 which is needed in most cases for a good job. How is this not decline? * http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middle-class-is-losing-ground/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middl...