Television
Jun 30, 2014
MIKE AND MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST EUGENE ROBINSON TALK ABOUT THE DECLINE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN CITIES WHERE POVERTY PERVADES EVERYDAY LIFE. MIKE REFLECTS ON A VISIT TO ONE SUCH PLACE: “ONE DAY LAST WEEK, I SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY IN A MEDIUM SIZED CITY… ON THE MAIN STREET OF THIS CITY, THREE OUT OF EVERY FIVE STORES [WERE] BOARDED UP, SHUT DOWN, OUT OF BUSINESS. THE FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE WALKING AROUND WERE ALMOST NARCOTICISED IN THEIR HOPELESSNESS.” ON MORNING JOE.

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