Rip The Middle Class Edward Mcclelland Summary

For as long most people can remember, the middle class has been the economic majority in the United States. In Edward McClelland's article "RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013", McClelland argues the sooner than later, the middle class will be merely nonexistent and the economy will only consist of rich and poor. He casually explains to middle class American citizens what the past middle class looked like, how the middle class stands now, and some hardships that people of the recession experienced. Growing up in the 1970's, McClelland describes how someone didn't need to graduate high school to obtain a job that could support a family, but now, in the twenty-first century, even with a high school diploma and four years of college education, no well paying jobs are promised. In this article,
They're just trying to get to zero." McClelland used this quote to appeal to pathos by relating to the financial situation that nearly every middle class American tries to avoid in their life time. No one wants to be in debt because being in debt would cause one to be stressed or overwhelmed. Another quote incorporated to appeal to pathos is, "Never again will 18-year-olds graduate directly from high school to jobs that pay well enough to buy a house and support a family." This quote instills fear in Americans who are graduating from high school and goes hand in hand with the previous quote because no middle class American can afford to pay for college without getting a loan, which leads to being in debt. This emotional argument leaves high schoolers heading to college hopeless, due to the fact that McClelland summarizes that even with a college degree, well paying jobs aren't promised. The statistical survey shows that nearly one-fourth of American's dream to not be in debt, but have no way around it to successfully provide for