100% agree. The US is effectively a "two-speed" or maybe even "three-speed" nation, where the top tier (business owners and white collar workers) is never reall

100% agree. The US is effectively a "two-speed" or maybe even "three-speed" nation, where the top tier (business owners and white collar workers) is never really hard up for anything, the middle tier is living ok but is precariously employed, and everyone else is effectively living in some kind of consumerist Somalia. It's like living in Fallout 3, but the Walmart is still well stocked.