Arianna Huffington and the death of the middle class
Media powerhouse Arianna Huffington thinks we’re looking at the death of the American middle class. She argues that point in her new book “Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream.”
She says we’re losing our industrial, political and economic might in the world and points at who’s to blame. She says we can stop the slide away from prosperity with the same can do spirit that lead us to the height of global power. Huffington also sticks around for a wide ranging discussion of today’s top news including the overturning of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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