The problem this article doesn’t talk about is that the old middle class manufacturing jobs are long gone. They have been replaced by low paying retail and food service jobs as shown in all the BLS Employment situation reports. The older workers who lost their jobs went on disability since at their age they was little hope of employment. As a result there are fewer and fewer people working as a percentage of the population. This puts more and more stress on the government to provide support but the one that are working are only making low wages to the government is forced to borrow more money. This is a death spiral that is masked by the large number that have dropped out of the work force.