The Working Class Recession

While corporate media outlets have a recession blind spot, the working class has no such delusions.

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There is an increasing disconnect between what troubles the minds of average American voters and what troubles the minds of media personalities and journalists in the mainstream.

For working class voters in America- which far outnumber the elite, ivy-league educated media blue-checks of Twitter- there is one central issue this election season so far out in front of all the others as to be in a class of its own.

The economy is blowing the bell curve for all other social concerns and political issues at the moment, at least for the working class.

To wealthy elites, Twitter mandarins, and corporate media CEOs, these concerns may seem short-sighted, selfish, and most of all- to an industry running on ad-clicks- boring.

Every major media organization could spend the new two weeks waxing exclusively about every aspect of America’s current economic woes and still not come remotely close to showing the level of growing concern plaguing working class voters near the poverty line.

Rent is up. Buying a house is further out-of-reach than ever. Used cars are unaffordable. New cars are out of the question. Groceries have skyrocketed. Gas is more expensive- and about to get even more…