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I read the thread and thought, "Surely he's exaggerating." So I checked the article, and no, he's not. The NYT really didn't think this one through.
It would make sense if the headline were, "What rich families want politicians to know." The points they raise--that the very rich have no leisure time, feel constant dread, can't buy homes in the cities where they work, and don't think they'll ever retire--are worth reporting..
It's legitimately newsworthy that *no one* in the US, not even the very wealthy, feels economically secure. But it's not clear what that means. Objectively, these are some of the wealthiest people ever to have lived. But they're not feeling that way.
That's interesting, and it might be owed to many things. But it sure isn't owed to being middle-class.
