Who is killing the American Dream?

It seems every year I get poorer, even when I am making more money.   Everything seems to be getting more expensive.  Housing, Cars, healthcare, food and school.   Part of why I feel poorer is that the kids get more expensive every year.

I wonder when, or even if, things are going to change for most people.   Here is a couple of articles I’ve read in the last couple of days that are backing up what I feel.  I do feel that the really rich, that control the 95%, of the wealth continue to find ways to leach off more time and money from the 97% of the population that only have 1% percent of the wealth.

Here are the articles I read.

Uneven Wage Gains Restrain Recovery 

The Economic Roots of American Retreat