Batya crushes it. After conducting dozens of interviews with people across the United States, she shares their stories and shines a light on the broader situation of making a living through physical labor or service-industry wages.
The "working class" is not a monolith, though there are some patterns. Less likely to have a college diploma. Difficulty obtaining homeownership.
Can politicians improve their plight? Regulations have reduced the supply of houses--driving up prices. Open immigration has increased job competition--driving down wages. Welfare assistance disincentivises success. Healthcare subsidies make it more of a lobbying and administrative business than an efficient one. The political class and cosmocratic elites often say out-of-touch, patronizing, or derogatory things to lower the social status of workers.
The American Dream is alive, but it seems as though even well-intended policies are making things worse.