Sentence:  Thanks to a $700 billion TARP bailout and hundreds of billions of dollars in nearly free of charge loans by the Federal Reserve (a policy Soros himself told me was a "hidden gift" to the banks), Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of compensation even as <WSD>Main Street</WSD> continues to struggle. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Collectively, everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.