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Looks like my wife and I are part of the legions of middle class Americans<\/a> who have fallen down, down, down the ladder while multi-millionaire bankers and CEOs cashed in and turned millions into billions, our political leaders made plenty of money from the mess<\/a>, and entertainment<\/a>\u00a0and media<\/a> moguls continued to insist we follow the doctrine of narcissism, hedonism, and living for today with nothing to kill or die for.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 Glad to see we Americans, smart since we have them fancy Ipads and all that knowledge from the Internet, are learning our lessons.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"