Here is an interesting book on how globalizaton is putting the squeeze on middle class and other jobs. http://www.alternet.org/workplace/87405/
Here is a funny article from 2003 talking about how there is going to be a labor shortage in the US by 2010. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348381/index.htm
Its survival of the fittest..... Don't fight the establishment/elites and the investor/upper class... it's must smarter to try to join them. Make money. Don't try to worry about the middle-class and taking care of them. Take care of yourself first. There will always be labor somewhere in the world... remember that we are in a global economy.