class itself. they see this as a problem being imposed upon them by large institutions. middle class americans are also getting more pessimistic about the future. only 43% say their children will have a better life than their own down from 51% just four years ago. as people say they re working harder and harder just to stay even. nbc news, chicago. joining me now to talk more about this, the report that just came out, is daily beast columnist and nns fast money contributor zachary carobel. people are asked who they blame regarding this issue of the disappearing, shrinking middle class. a lot of the blame was placed on congress and banks for example. yes. do you buy that? look, i think that we ve talked about this before. congress has a role to play in making this better and clearly has had a role to play in not making it better. and if you re anybody watching us in the media listening to the news, listening to politics, of