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With that definition, there can never be a "lack of middle class jobs" (to borrow your phrasing). Precisely 50% of the country will be middle class at all times.



Yeah but there can be a transition of those jobs from "paying a wage you can support a family on" to "not doing that". That seems to be what's happened, we've replaced a lot of trade skill jobs in manufacturing, etc, with non-skill jobs at Walmart or the gas station.




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