A free kick for those who understand the politics of the times. Think of Bill Clinton, wisely defending protesters at a recent capitalist world forum. He knows people are hurting and that they want a voice. That greed is no longer good is a powerful message, and Clinton knows this even without an election to win. Only some post-White House book sales, speaking engagements and the occasional Cuban cigar insertion.
Times are tough, and smart politicians know that people are smarting.
Especially if you don't work for National Textiles. If you're basically on the wage. Or the dole, for that matter. So it's understandable that Struggle Street is also a favourite catch phrase for newspaper columnists wishing to empathise with the undertrodden, the great unwashed. That rabid southern columnist, Piers Ackerman, from time to time makes a rallying cry to those on Struggle Street.