Capital and Main, November 5, 2019: Our United States of Inequality
What were once somewhat quaintly called “bread and butter” issues have always been part of presidential elections. But with economic inequality showing no signs of abating in America, “bread and butter” has become “bread or butter” – has, in fact, morphed into a set of supremely existential questions in the 2020 race. As the nation’s middle class evaporates faster than a California lake, the old questions of what size house to buy or which university to send the kids to (private or state?) have been replaced by starker realities: Can we rent an apartment 30 minutes from work? Can we afford a year’s expense at a community college?
