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ave to work harder? Is it true that the middle class in the United States is disappearing? The nation slowly transcended into an inequality pattern with the gap between the rich and the poor widening. The decline of the middle class worsenedwas worsened by the economic recession whichthat plagued the entire world in 2007. According, according to “The Rich Aren’t Rich Because They Work Harder. They Work Harder Because They’re Rich” (Orlando , 20142014).