Question

America’s class struggle against the poor is nothing new—it was formally launched in the early 1970s and has been carried out with remarkable efficiency over the past 40 years.

Answer 1

The Reagan Revolution of the 1980s marked a major shift in the way the government treated the poor, with a focus on cutting social services and reducing taxes on the wealthy. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in income inequality, with the top 1% of earners now taking home more than 20% of all income. The result has been a dramatic increase in poverty, with nearly 40 million Americans now living in poverty. This class struggle has been further exacerbated by the rise of automation and globalization, which have