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- Occupy Wall Street Must Expand as Middle Class ShrinksThe rich are continuing to get richer, and the poor are continuing to get poorer, and the middle class is fading away. Here is a look at why Occupy Wall Street must expand.
- Middle Class Issues Control 2012 Swing State VotesThe presidential election is a year away and is already contentious. No state is safe for any candidate, but Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania are especially critical. The popular vote, and public sentiment, diverge around middle class issues.
Where Did the Middle Class Go?Did the bubble decimate and destroy America's middle class society? Can we rebuild our middle class? why is it even necessary to have a middle class. This article just skims the surface of some of todays economic issues.
How the Middle Class is Coping with Food InsecurityHunger is now affecting 1 in 6 Americans. Though the hidden nature of hunger hasn't changed the face of hunger has. Middle class families now face food insecurity at an alarming rate and are forced to seek help from local food banks.- Income Inequality: Is it Too Late to Save the Middle Class?While I understand that $100,000 a year is by no means a king’s fortune, these statistics give a very interesting insight into the growing divide between the haves and have nots.
- The Plummet from Middle Class to PovertyMore and more Americans are living in financial crisis. Families are facing the terrifying prospects of empty refrigerators and forclosure. Something has to change.
- Alert to Middle Class Blue Collar Workers on a Week to Week Payday to Payday BudgetMiddle Class workers and Direct Deposit Payroll company's deceptive practices. Are you waiting 3-4 out of 7 additional days for access to your wages, and paying for it? Has your small business been closed by the IRS because of a payroll company?
- Do You Believe the American Dream is Still Within Reach?With this topic being all the rage in our endless 24hour news cycle, it's important the average person has a say. Please share your thoughts because it the fight of all our lives!!!
- Corporate Greed in the Name of Capitalism is Destroying AmericaCorporate greed in the name of capitalism is ruining America. Occupy Wall Street has it right. Our government and business institutions represent only the interests of the rich, so the middle class is taking to the streets to represent themselves.
- American DreamerA lesson learned from a glance back at American political history and a fictional look forward to events as they might occur if we choose not to learn from our past.
- Financial Advice from a Barely Middle ClassThese are some personal financial practices I have learned and adopted over the years to keep from filing bankruptcy. I may be broke, but this is how I keep from being poor.
- Obama's Labor Day Speech: Middle Class, Meaningful Employment Must Be a PriorityOnly meaningful employment with real wages will help turn America around. President Obama needs to stress this in his Labor Day speech.
- The Myth of the Rich Getting Richer and Poor Getting Poorer, and What it Truly MeansMany people have hijacked the true definition of the saying, "The rich get richer while the poor get poorer." It was never meant to showcase the opinion that the rich are getting richer at the Middle Class' expense.
Is America's Middle Class Salvageable?The housing bubble collapse removed over eight trillion dollars from the American economy. This has been particularly damaging to America's middle class. Can they be saved?- Tea Party Enables Rich, Abandons Middle Class, Poor in Debt DebateThe Tea Party movement is bent on destroying the middle-class of America, the true back bone of our country. The true principles they are defending are enabling the rich to become richer.
The Disappearance of Middle-Class JobsStartup or longterm, secure employment now more than ever requires a solid background of education.- Holding the Middle Class HostageA look at how the looming debt crisis and the showdown between the white house and congress will jeopardize our economic recovery and our vital middle class.
War on the Middle ClassReducing the deficits solely on cuts that affect the poor and middle class while those that benefitted from the tax cuts and deficits go untouched is government sanctioned class warfare.- Middle Class Held HostageSolving our nation's fiscal problems in a manner that is fair to every American requires honesty. It requires that we understand the real reasons for our budget deficits and not repeat the mistakes that got us here.
- How Taxing the Top Hurts the Middle ClassEntitlement programs financed through the taxation of the wealthy has been the American standard for decades even as the disparity between the upper and middle class has steadily increased. As the taxes grow, so too does the financial gap.
- An Inconvenient ClassHow could the country's wealthiest people feel more special? Answer: Arrange for the MIddle Class to lose most of its wealth. Here's how it was done.
- AB 459 to Kill California Middle ClassCA Assembly Bill 459 takes aim at the middle class in the state. Democrat forces in California seek to wield power with a bill that would wipe out all but the ruling elite and most government-dependent classes in the state. It's all part of NPV.
- Fallacies and False Narratives Meet Reality'"Middle Class Will Eventually Feel Reality and Wake UpFallacies and false narratives are like cancers in a society. Just like a cancer can go undetected for years without causing any real damage to the body, so can fallacies and false narratives destroy the fabric of a nation.
Workers in Trouble: US Middle Class DisappearingThe US was once home to the picture-perfect American dream. A house, a car, and a job symbolized the middle class as the core of a prosperous country. Yet for an increasing amount of Americans some or all of these are now out of reach.
Does the Secure Middle Class America Still Exist?With increased energy and food prices, middle class America is being squeezed out of the American society.- The Rant that Started a MovementRick Santelli's rant started a movement.
- Where is the Media as Class Warfare by the Wealthy Against the Middle Class AcceleratesRepublicans continue to insulate the CEOs, the wealthy, and corporations from paying higher taxes consummate to the capital they are removing from our economy.
- Stereotyping of the Middle-Class American ManA look at how the popular television show 'According to Jim' served to reinforce stereotypes of the middle class white American man.
- Middle Class Marching Toward Indentured Servitude Unless They Understand Who is the Real EnemySometimes I want to hold my head in a vise grip and scream. The evidence of Class Warfare by the corporations and the wealthy against the middle class is so obvious.
- Americas Economy and Taxation Designed to Transfer Wealth from the Middle Class to the Wealthy"How The Wealthy Plan To Finance The American Aristocracy With Middle Class Dollars" is a must read article. It is amazing that many who think beyond the indoctrination we hear on television and radio constantly come to relatively the same conclusion.
- Corporate Media Ignoring Wisconsin and Other Protests Likely Fear of Middle Class Revolt by ContagionWhenever a few Tea Party members show up at any public event the media is always present. It never mattered that the tenets of the Tea Party contains mutually exclusive policy points.
- Gas Price Hikes Another Middle Class Abuse by Crisis - Oil, Banking, and Brokerage Killing AmericaSupply & demand is absolutely not the reason for the increase in oil prices. Unfettered corrupted capitalism is. Once again they have used a crisis to pilfer the middle class.
- A Short Essay on Class StatusChildhood to young adult reflections on class status perceptions.
Pittsburgh Joins the Fight to Save the Middle ClassScott Walker is a liar. This fight is not about budgets. This is not about overpaid and underworked teachers, or firefighters, or public employees. This is a deliberate, organized attack on every working person in America.- Pittsburgh Joins the Fight to Save the Middle ClassScott Walker is a liar. This fight is not about budgets. This is not about overpaid and underworked teachers, or firefighters, or public employees. This is a deliberate, organized attack on every working person in America.
- Union Victory Will Be Short Lived Without Narrative Pivot to Class Warfare on Middle ClassI tend to agree that the push by Republicans in Wisconsin to destroy unions have the potential to backfire. My fear however is that unlike the Republicans (Tea Party) we tend to not have staying power.
- Misinformation Leads Most Americans to Deem Reagan, the Destructor of Middle Class Best PresidentA Gallup Poll recently released reveals President Reagan as the best President. It is ironic that the President that laid the foundation for the destruction of the middle class through his institution of supply side economics is
- Why the Middle Class and Rich Need to Support Their Long-term InterestsThe wealthy may directly pay the most in tax dollars, but they benefit the most from stability and growth due to increased economic activity via consumer spending.
- Middle Class Rut '" You Better Know What You're Talking AboutMiddle Class Rut unleash their heavy, loud sound
- Santorum "Racial" Comment Nothing but a Calculated Distraction from What Ills the Middle ClassRick Santorum in an interview with CNS News said "The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer -- is that human life a person under the constitution?
