So, why do public opinion polls show Americans are worried about their economic standing?
VOA’s Ivana Kuhar has more on economic realities of middle class Americans: The U.S. economy has been growing steadily for the past 66 months, creating seven and a half million new jobs and sending the stock market to record highs. Yet, a recent USA Today/Gallup poll shows six out of ten Americans say the economy was better five years ago. “If you look at the economic numbers, that simply isn’t true,” says Desmond Lachman. “If you look at the job creation, income growth, if you look at the actual statistics, there’s no question that the average Americans is a lot better off today than he was five years ago.” Desmond Lachman, of the American Enterprise Institute, says the rosy indicators show the American middle class is not shrinking — but it is worried about job security and benefits, as the global economy changes the way Americans work. “We have a different economy today than we might have had 10, 15 years ago in a sense that there is a lot more technological change, a lot more comp
