"We have just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faced a decade in which median income fell, and our economy lost about as many jobs as it gained,".
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The online debate in reaction to his tweet was divided on whether he was ridiculing economyclass passengers by alluding to "cattle class", or being sarcastic about other politicians by calling them "holy cows".
He believes calling the condition economyclass syndrome is inaccurate because there is evidence it has affected people in business or first class - or in people using other forms of long-distance transport.