Are there more poor people in America percentage wise than there was 80 years ago? Are standards of living higher today than they were 40 years ago? The classis

Are there more poor people in America percentage wise than there was 80 years ago? Are standards of living higher today than they were 40 years ago? The classist argument that the middle class is disappearing fails to address where those middle class people actually went. One less person in the middle class does not represent one person “losing” but just as much of a likelihood as that person winning. Here is an alternate viewpoint on the “shrinking” middle class: http://www.aei.org/publication/yes-the-us-middle-class-is-shrinking-but-its-because-americans-are-moving-up-and-no-americans-are-not-struggling-to-afford-a-home/ http://www.aei.org/publication/yes-the-us-middle-class-is-sh...