Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100811:19:04:00
Years is in order to maintain their standard of living when their wages are going down, their hourly wages are going down, they're not experiencing the same growth in wages they used to experience, they had to go into debt. but now they can't go into debt anymore, and if you have so much of the nation's wealth and income going to people at the top, well, how is the middle class going to have the bargaining leverage, the buying power it needs to go back into the stores without going into debt to actually keep the economy going. so this is a fundamental question. i don't want to sound like a cla...