About two years ago, here in this upper middle class suburb, I started seeing massive enlargements of unremarkable homes. SOMEBODY was getting a fat year-end bonus. (Not us.)

The economy was clearly starting to improve for some workers. The question is whether those benefits are trickling down to everybody else. The New York Times has two articles today that make different claims about the trickle down effect. One article says that Democrats are afraid to claim victory for the economy when most middle class workers aren’t seeing gains. The other article says that the middle class is starting to see benefits.

Can we have some consistency, please?