I feel that people in the lower stratum haven't so much as gotten poorer but rather the other strata have gotten relatively much richer. However, there are are

I feel that people in the lower stratum haven't so much as gotten poorer but rather the other strata have gotten relatively much richer. However, there are areas in the lower stratum where the rug has been pull out from them in the form of jobs exports (sending MFG overseas) as well as depressing wages via low-skill immigration --these immigrants put price pressure on the native population due to the expanded worker pool.