...since he started running for President on January 3rd, 2007.
MIDDLE CLASS FACT
"Between 2000 and 2010, the average median household income fell from $53,164 to $49,445." [CNN Money]
"Middle-income jobs are disappearing from the economy. The share of middle-income jobs in the US has fallen from 52% in 1980 to 42% in 2010." [Yahoo Finance]
"And in new signs of distress among the middle class, median household incomes fell last year to levels last seen in 1996." [NYT]
"Eight million Americans are behind on their mortgages." [The Atlantic]
"Americans now owe more than $904 billion on student loans, which is a new all-time high." [FinAid.org]
"Approximately 45 million Americans were living in poverty in 2009." [Alternet]
"Nearly 10 million Americans now receive unemployment insurance, which is almost four times as many as were receiving it in 2007." [Alternet]
"One out of every five children in the United States is now living in poverty". [Alternet]
"A typical middle income family earning around $45,000 a year saw its debt burden grow by 33.1% between 2001 and 2004, even after adjusting for inflation." [Think Progress]