Middle Class Lost in Squeeze World

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Back in 1991-92, the anger building across the country produced a pattern of middle-class political radicalization that reached from David Duke to Ross Perot - and to Bill Clinton, if you listened to his campaign promises. Now, the middle class is facing a new round of economic pressures. You have to wonder how much longer they're going to sit and take it.

Hollywood made movies about 1930s hardships, so why not about these? Instead of "The Grapes of Wrath" set in the central valley, we could have the frozen pizzas of wrath set in Ventura County. Health-care reform will be an interesting test, because notwithstanding all the hoopla coming from the Clinton administration, …