> Folks forget now, but the existence of a large middle class in the US is due to reforms pushed by the labor movement in the first half of the 20th century. E

> Folks forget now, but the existence of a large middle class in the US is due to reforms pushed by the labor movement in the first half of the 20th century. Exactly the opposite. Unions started forming after WW2 which is when the middle class began its decline.