If you think this graph illustrate the impoverishing of work force and and wiping out middle class . it is far more worse than that . just imagine wiping out every city and leaving only one city las vegas . it is more worse than that . just imagine wiping out every workplace and turning every city in to a las vagas like . that is exactly what is going on . I remember when gambling used to be a sin and a social menace . the problem is not liberal versus conservative . it is not retch versus poor . it is ; ladies an gentlemen replaceing production economy with bubble economy .what good can you as economy gain from Speculation and inviting ridiculous derivatives .why not ban these activities like we ban narcotics why at least we don't treat it like cigarettes .