The State of the Middle Class

Finallythankyou Says:

Aug 29, 2010 - I know you guys are not Commi's I just wanted to take it a bit further lol It's been time to trade something without help from the government. Only I have noticed that you need an army or gang in this country. My friends think I'm crazy. When I say lets start a business they are scared shitless because they know it means battling very rich people who notice you quick. I like the low taxes, though it really is fucked up. we have more homeless people than vacant houses lol.

ninemen123 Says:

Aug 30, 2010 - Yeah mate but that's what I mean, people do lose out, there is no healthcare and there are more homeless in the US, but people do have the opportunity to make it through entrepeneurial skill, and that is far superior than all of us being in the middle.

Finallythankyou Says:

Aug 31, 2010 - Not anyone living today,but.. you try to tellilng the people that England funded racism to kill off America only the whites get upset.. Why get upset?.. Your off the hook..This happen in the 1800's.. blacks explain.. we still have a system that can make who ever you want poor if not that politicaly void.. An old Roman system. It's secret. It employ's millions. It's genius. It's sucks. It's what Robert Kennedy Jr. calld Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor.

Finallythankyou Says:

Aug 31, 2010 - I've just started my research on the PEOPLE of England and I see that the American revolution really started in England. I didn't mention that it was the Royalist who pushed racism btw. When the people of America and England Canada start woking together I guess....Over here they didn't teach us S&^% about the English civil war and when I talk to these fake ass old money Capitalist they act like it never happened? Matter of fact they don't want to talk politics at that point hmm??

thesparitan Says:

Sep 19, 2010 - We are going to be mexico soon

chisler000009 Says:

Oct 8, 2010 - What a guy. This guy is a huge asset to the government of America. And it's true, the States have been shitting on their middle class for some time now.

afewtube Says:

Oct 14, 2010 - I find it interesting that an American is studying the English civil war, even more interesting that you say you aren't taught much about it.I'm English and of course studied the civil war at school. We were taught that the King believed that he ruled by divine right and because of this Parliament took up arms against him.There was a thriving middle class in this period; many of the officers in the New Model Army were middle class, appointed on ability rather than aristocratic connections.

candoyja Says:

Oct 22, 2010 - It would not be the coming of Jesus that would threaten the world. It would be revolts or protests from people who worked hard but could not pay for things, like increasing rates of medical insurance and living expenses and decreasing benefits and wages and salaries.

biancademonet Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - In the USA continues on its path, our second Civil War is inevitable. And woe to the Domestic Axis of Evil(plutocrat, Theocrat, Corporatist) will face a dire fate. Oppress the masses long enough, they rise up in righteous fury against their oppressors. The sound of "Off With their Heads!" will resound across America, much as it did in England in the mid 1600s....

afewtube Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - The question that intrigues me is, how do you create, or re-create, a middle class?The answer might be, you have the right kind of economy for this and\or the right kind of taxation system for this..We might have to look at the emerging economies such as India to find the answer. It has a middle class, not a wealthy middle class by Western standards, and its economy is not as technologically advanced as Western economies.Even so, it does have a middle class.How does it do it?

afewtube Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - Your comparison between the English civil war and the American economy is interesting. The English civil war was a political war rather than the kind of economic war that you might be thinking of, because of your economic situation in America.Even so, as you say, there are similarities.We wanted democracy, democratic justice, and to make sure that we got it we killed a King. You want economic justice and to get it you want to kill or at least control 'corporatism.'

afewtube Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - Let's keep in mind that there's a big economic difference between killing a King and killing corporatism.A King has no economic value, but corporations do.They can, in the right circumstances, create jobs, including middle class jobs.The question is, what are the right circumstances?This is a question for America that only Americans can decide.

biancademonet Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - In our nation we have our own aristocracy consisting of Corporate, Religious, and Plutocratic interests, when they abuse the masses for too long and the average citizen feels he/she has nothing left to lose , the rebellion AGAINST the "Have Lots" by those they have exploited will begin and I have ZERO SYMPATHY for them as it will be their just reward for their crimes against our Republic

biancademonet Says:

Oct 24, 2010 - The only downside of Cromwell was that he was a religious extremist. Under Cromwell the Puritans BANNED anything they deemed "sinful" until their tyranny was in turn overthrown...what a lot of people do not know that the Roundheads replaced Royallist tyranny with their own. It took further struggles to first limit the English monarchy's power, then break the back of wannabe theocrats like the Puritans. We in America are STILL suffering the effects of the Puritans....

biancademonet Says:

Nov 1, 2010 - last time I checked England was a democratic  constitutional monarchy..NOT a Communist dictatorship...the "RIGHT" as usual...IS WRONG

ninemen123 Says:

Nov 1, 2010 - People are so frightened to touch the NHS it stays in place even though eveyone knows it's a waste of resources, I like many others have never used that system but we pay into it all our lives.

john51880 Says:

Nov 4, 2010 - I don't question he means well. But when he uses the term "Middle class" I am saddened because I know he it committing economic discrimination against high income earners. Class war fair is low rent. Why not tax every earner at the same % per $? Because he likes spending beyond what should be fair. God forbid government live with in there means!

qwertypoiu4321 Says:

Dec 21, 2010 - Class warfare is just an empty misdirection to demagogue the poor and promote coercion.

Volomonoh Says:

Dec 30, 2010 - Public education is worse because of a total disconnect between affordability, objective and devotion and the subsequent bureaucratic displacement in which soo many resources and capital are wasted. The problem is government intervention and my principle making over a hundred grand and driving a Mercedes while I sit in an old, tarnished desk.

msrebelnardcore Says:

Mar 19, 2011 - Principal (I learned that from "Grease" when I was 10 y/o).

TheRich0000 Says:

Mar 30, 2011 - All Americans, as well as American businesses, have put us in this situation. The is a large amount of personal debt that all Americans are carrying and need to pay off. This debt build up over many years, and even transformed from secured debt to unsecured debt.No recovery will be lasting until the public pays down their debt, regardless of what any politician tries to do.

TheRich0000 Says:

Mar 30, 2011 - Do you feel that the public took advantage of the businesses by practicing "predatory purchasing" tactics. Each party played a role, but one party certainly had more impact on the actions of the other party. The question is, which party do you want to help support while we get out of this mess.

criticalsection Says:

Apr 23, 2011 - Historically, the 3 "classes" were defined as upper class inherited their money, middle class earned their money, and lower class existed on the charity of others. The more people you have earning their money the better.

BT4free Says:

Apr 23, 2011 - search youtube fairtax, solution for the middle class

TheRobin3212 Says:

Dec 12, 2011 - Such a terrible loss for the true Progressives of America!