Also, consider that we are by far the wealthiest nation in the world. I believe that there is something inexcusably wrong with a society that continues to ignore, if not outright blame, the victims in this system for the problem. However, that is what more and more jobs are paying. These numbers show no sign of improving. But life goes on.
Businesses continue to invest overseas in emerging markets.
In most towns and cities the areas which are called ghettos or slums or depressed areas have and will continue to grow in size and number. This is a fact you can see with your eyes if you chose to open them. As individual business institutions seek greater wealth, they have found and will continue to find ways to disinvest in the American public. These ways have included cuts in social spending, cuts in corporate and wealthy tax brackets, cuts in labor, forcing fewer people to do more for less. Many would agree this is for the greater good of the organization.