CharmedontheWB on 30 April 2013
There is only a limited amount of money in the economy--in order for the rich to get richer it means they are taking money from someone else. Usually it is the middle class that suffers as wealth continues to trickle towards the affluent. During the 50's and 60's the ample rich had enough funds to do everything they wanted to do and the middle class was a strong subset of the American economy. In the 80's the shift began and the affluent became even more so. Economies have a tendency to collapse when the rich become too rich--Egpyt, Persia, Rome and Greece are a few examples.
