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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

More Americans find decreasing opportunities for middle class

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0

Nobody cares for you like family.

0:04.3

Family heating and air.

0:06.2

When you call to have your home or businesses heating and air serviced, what do you expect from them?

0:10.0

The salesman in a colorful truck?

0:11.7

Or do you expect a highly trained expert with your best intentions in mind?

0:14.6

The answer is obvious.

0:15.7

Call the company that treats you like family.

0:17.4

My name's Malian.

0:18.0

I look forward to answering your call.

0:19.4

Family heating and air conditioning is your trusted local independent American standard heating and air conditioning dealer.

0:23.8

Nobody cares for you like family. Family heating and air.

0:31.2

It was a new poll that came out that said many Americans feel economic opportunity is shrinking

0:35.8

from the middle class. The majority say things like buying a home, finding a good job, or raising a family are harder now than from previous generations.

0:45.0

I think that's an accurate assertion considering we were just talking about a story that indicated 100,000 people have been laid off at the beginning of January, which is double what it was last year. So yeah, that would appear to be true, not just an unfounded.

0:58.8

Feeling? Yeah. It's more than a feeling. There's actually data that backs this up. People

1:03.9

believe the wealthy have more opportunities and a larger share think that chances are increasing

1:09.2

for wealthy Americans while decreasing for the middle

1:11.9

class didn't the the fall of the middle class began six years ago didn't it i think it began longer

1:17.8

longer ago than that longer ago than that part of the reason is because of the rise of lobbyists

1:23.7

and the special interests that are primarily being served by our lawmakers.

1:28.4

Anytime you have these big headlining bills, even when it comes to the Trump accounts,

1:32.9

who's ultimately benefiting from that?

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