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The article presents findings of a study on the comparison between the present status of the U.S. economy and the recession year of 1990. According to 45 percent of respondents, their own families were better off and 21 percent said they were worse off, while 24 percent felt that the average U.S. citizen was worse off and 30 percent said the economy was worse. Among the respondents, 17 percent felt the middle class was doing better and just 20 percent saw improvement among the elderly and 9 percent saw improvement among the poor. No less than 77 percent of respondents felt that high-income families were ahead of the game, while some 53 percent said women were doing better.

An essay on the diminishing U.S. middle class is presented. It offers a history of declining middle-income American families from 1971 to 2015 and examines how the U.S. Congress caused shrinkage of the middle class in bipartisan disputes where Democrats speak for benefits of the poor industrial workers while Republicans fight for interests of the rich. The author relates the way political candidates uphold the middle class during campaigns and how they will be true to their word when elected.

The article discusses who in American qualify as the top one percent of the wealthiest Americans in 2012. Information is provided on the profile of the top wealthy who often work in finance, make half of their annual income from interest, dividends, and capital gains, and often have wealthy parents. It is noted that the wealthiest Americans are more likely to be married and have children than middle class or poor Americans.

The article focuses on the insights given by U.S. government officials on the proposal to dismantle a popular college savings tax break. Topics covered include the impact of the proposal on withdrawals from college savings plans for tuition, the response by White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman to the plan and the effort by the government to remove tax breaks for top earners and help middle- and lower-income households.

The article discusses the reasons why the middle class causes a major problem to the U.S. and China in July 2011. It says that the U.S. needs to focus on stopping the shrinking of its middle class as China tries to grow its middle class. According to the author, the U.S. middle class is disappearing at an alarming rate after the economic crisis in 2008. The increasing concern in China over the expanding gap between the very poor and the very rich is also discussed.

The article discusses a 2007 study showing how from being associated with poor and middle-class U.S. citizens, the Democrats now represent majority of the nation's wealthiest congressional districts. Based on Internal Revenue Service income data, it was found that more than half of the wealthiest households were concentrated in the 18 states where Democrats hold Senate seats. The study also reportedly showed that of the 167 House districts where the median annual income was higher than the national median, a slight majority were represented by Democrats.

Explores William Baldwin's article about the status of the middle class in the U.S. Definition of middle class; Cash income of rich and poor in 1984; Inequality in the income; Income share of the middle class; Lack of evidence that the overall proportion of lower-paying jobs in the economy is decreasing; Industrial policy.

This article considers the attitude of U.S. President Ronald Reagan toward the rich. The author observes how the U.S. society has inched away from an egalitarian society in the direction of a merit society in the brief span of Reagan's term. The U.S. public thinks U.S. President Ronald Reagan is for the rich and against the poor. The author argues that the rich are irrelevant in the U.S. middle-class economy and that disabling political indiscretion lies in favoring the large over small and not in favoring the would-be rich over poor people.

The article focuses on a study conducted by market research firm Pew Research Center in which it has analyzed income growth in all the classes of the U.S. According to the study, 50 percent residents belongs to middle class whereas 21 percent are from upper class and 29 percent are from low income classes. The classes are examined on the basis of various living factors including demographic composition, changing size and economic condition.

The author talks about the issues in the United States in 2007, wherein religion is involved. She says that the rich becomes richer in America, the poor becomes poorer and the middle class is suffering. She states that 2007 will be a risky year in the conflict over abortion rights. She notes that religious beliefs form many people's views regarding same-sex marriage.