5 States Bulldozing the Middle Class

The economic wounds of the financial crisis and Great Recession are evidently deeper than anyone has realized, despite the fact that nearly every economic indicator is showing significant progress. Case in point: the shrinking middle class. Weâ??ve been hearing about how the middle class has been in trouble for years now, and while thereâ??s been plenty of evidence to back those claims up, new data is showing just how deep and widespread the damage is.