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akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts) Sun Apr 3, 2016, 04:04 AM Apr 2016

I will try again! How come the politicians only care about the middle class [View all]

but not the working class? The working class people have to work two or more jobs to put food on the table. That should not be in America. The most rich and powerful country on earth!

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I will try again! How come the politicians only care about the middle class [View all] akbacchus_BC Apr 2016 OP

I don't think that Bernie Sanders only cares about the middle class. He talks about working people highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #1

I think when people say they want to help the middle class they usually mean they want to grow applegrove Apr 2016 #2

Because a lot of people think they are middle class Kalidurga Apr 2016 #3

My mom took vacations growing up Recursion Apr 2016 #7

I have to say I agree with you on this. Expectations in general have raccoon Apr 2016 #9

Economists always regarded the middle class as fairly Hortensis Apr 2016 #10

My parent's mortgage was $93.00 a month. Mine is not. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #12

My mom's is pretty nostalgic; my dad's not at all Recursion Apr 2016 #13

To repeat from the earlier thread nitpicker Apr 2016 #4

Actually, it's even more precarious for the marginal workers nitpicker Apr 2016 #5

Because the elites have always managed to fool working class people that malaise Apr 2016 #6

With the possible exception of Bernie... sendero Apr 2016 #8

The working class generally wants to be middle class AgerolanAmerican Apr 2016 #11

Working class, middle class, what's the difference? We're all 99 percenters. n/t Populist_Prole Apr 2016 #14

Nobody wants to consider themselves working class even though they are. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #15