The US economy has devolved from an economy where you gain money by making and selling things to an economy where investing in the stock market and then taking out loans on that stock to keep investing is a better way to keep making money. When was the last time someone rich became poor?
I'll be honest, what the goberment takes from my paycheck would turn my job from a barely have money left to save to a "I can live comfortably and build up a fund"
OK that's a good one!