Neal Gabler is everywhere these days.
Since landing the cover story in The Atlantic, The Secret Shame of the Middle Class, he’s been interviewed multiple times. I’ve stumbled across him on NPR, online, and the radio program On Point.
The crux of Neal’s article is that 47% of of American citizens couldn’t come up with $400 in an emergency. Neal wrote from his perspective, himself a member of that group.
On Point tried to tie the statistic to politics, asking if financial stress was driving the campaigns of Donald Drumpf and Bernie Sanders. Upon hearing that, I had to turn the show off. Not because income inequality isn’t important, or Americans struggling to get by is a non-issue. The opposite is true. Income inequality is important, and the shrinking middle class is very much an issue.
The problem is: Neal Gabler should not be the spokesperson for financial troubles.
Read On: http://nathantimmel.com/2016/neal-gabler-doesnt-speak-for-the-american-middle-class/