On AlterNet: lower class

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Look Out, Are You About to Join the White Underclass?

Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. July 18, 2009.

"We're starting to hear a little discussion about the white underclass... Mainly because so many middle class folks are terrified of falling into it."

Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Collapse of the Middle Class Under Bush

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. August 17, 2008.

From "Meet the Bloggers" dedicated to the economic crisis.

The Poor and the Middle Class: Income Soul-Mates Left in the Dust

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 16, 2008.

It's becoming clearer that there are two economies -- one for the very rich and another for the rest of us.