Who Exactly is “The Middle Class”?
Who exactly is “the middle class”? The new phrase-of-the-day (for quite some time now) from the President and the current establishment occupying the White House is “the middle class.” I’ve been hearing this phrase being spoken for a while now, but every time I hear it, I find myself wondering if they’re talking about ME?
Am I middle class?? I honestly don’t know because it’s never been defined. As I listen to the President, his establishment, the Congress, and the new republican candidates running for President, I’ve found myself talking back to the TV and asking the talking heads, “WHO are you referring to? Are you talking about me? Are you trying to pass measures that will help me?”
I just don’t know if I’m included in that “class.” Please give the definition of who you mean when you say “the middle class.” All I hear is, “The middle class needs help, the middle class needs tax breaks, the middle class needs breaks on their investments, the middle class needs help to make ends meet.” I certainly could use help in all those areas, but again, I just don’t know if they’re talking about me or my neighbor across the street. By the way, my neighbor doesn’t know either!
It would be very helpful if the President, the current establishment of advisers that occupy the White House, the Congress, and the media would define these terms that they consistently use on a daily basis so that we the people know WHO, exactly, they are talking about and to which “class” we belong: “Upper income” (please provide the income range?); “Middle income” (please provide income range?); and “Low income” (please provide income range?).
Publius Prime 