30 Statistics That Show The Middle Class Is Dying Right In Front Of Our Eyes

Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse | Jan. 3, 2012, 11:54 AM

Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most vibrant middle class that the world has ever seen. Unfortunately, that is rapidly changing.

The statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the U.S. middle class is dying right in front of our eyes as we enter 2012.

The decline of the middle class is not something that has happened all of a sudden. Rather, there has been a relentless grinding down of the middle class over the last several decades.