i ll take this to my grave. labor unions, they give us weekends, child labor laws, and the guaranteed minimum wage. they virtually created the american middle class but a lot of people are asking, what have they done for us lately. in the united states, union membership has been on the decline for half a century. nowadays, fewer than 12% of americans belong to a union and lately they have come under attack. the union has to be broken. being blamed for everything from the failure of our school system to the death of the twinkie. but if american unions disappear, the american middle class could disappear with them. income and equality into this country is already nearing record highs and the worker is on the losing side of the equation. we know workers still need
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forward attack romney. not just private equity but on big oil. juan: are you defending bain, accenture and all the big dana: carlisle as well. just defending them as well? dana: i ll defend them all. juan: you guys, these are the guys that rubber made they sent jobs overseas. eric: do you know the biggest share point in accenture? aerial capital management. the chairman is juan: rogers in chicago. eric: he is the second biggest bundleer for obama around. juan: so you think it means he s not guilty? this business of sending american jobs overseas is wrong. eric: you are trying to tie outsourcing to bain capital when the tie goes to the white house. right now. follow the dots. it goes to the white house. juan: the american middle class know they have fewer jobs, the kids have a harder time. dana: because of president obama. coming up, thanks to to sandra fluke and president obama
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