Taibbi just tells us they want to give us the middle finger. We know that.

But it's not the struggling white suburbanite that is devastating rural areas, in fact the urban area the white folk are in may come in disfavor and they have to move. No matter who you are, plumber or software jock, you may have to move to the upcoming area and leave behind friends and family. Or you can become the roughnecker out in Montana who supports a family back home. The economy has been doing well, but we still need to reduce mortgage interest, get rid of the myriad of companies that want to buy up homes and flip them for profit, turn them into BnB moneymakers, and create renters from former house owners.

The other problem is that wages are forced down. So we go to two worker families, and now one has to get really good wages in order to do well. If you're both getting mediocre wages, rent may be all you can do - and work for some place that has a decent retirement. But lots of workers have no real retirement. Social security, medicare, and a little savings is it. And those who don't have that just generally subsist and die quicker.

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