"What you're seeing is people at the bottom rung of the economic ladder being taken off the economic ladder entirely," Kleinbard said.
“你所能见的景象是，原本收入中等的人在金融风暴中被彻底击垮，无力翻身，”凯伦·巴德说。
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When he took the other foot off the ladder, however, it met no resistance at all-only his tight grip on the ladder-rung kept him from toppling off balance.