tl;dr: the consumer price index only makes it look like the middle class is suffering. To wit: 1) They have access to a higher quality of goods. 2) Don't forge

tl;dr: the consumer price index only makes it look like the middle class is suffering. To wit: 1) They have access to a higher quality of goods. 2) Don't forget deductions for health care and 2 weeks of vacation! 3) We pay women and minorities less, and since they've been entering the workforce in bigger numbers, it only looks like white males are being paid the same since the 60s. Seriously?! Can we please keep politics off the front page? Or else we'll all be subjected to countless polemic summaries like this one and who wants that? (But honestly, fuck this article.)