[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by shbop

"Middle Class" has simply become a label for the regular folks. The ones with a mortgage, kids in school, trying to do the best they can to provide for themselves and their families. The ones that always try to pay their bills on-time and constantly try to figure-out how to do things better. Below "middle class" exists those who believe the rest of us should support their lack of effort. Housing, Health-care, & cable. The ones that don't pay their bills, and that are always looking for someone to tell them it's OK, and it's not their fault. This is Obama-Land.
There is no dollar amount that defines the term. It has to do with character, not money.

Well said.

Hey Supe, in the midst of your opening Bush bashing drivel, you threw out the party line about "tax cuts for the wealthy". Seriously, are you that stupid? At the time of the Bush tax cuts, I was working full time and attending college. I was supporting my wife and 1 child (at the time) on MAYBE $25k/year. Those tax cuts helped us get a hefty refund. As I find myself stating to you quite often here recently, don't just throw out the party line and expect people to buy in. Generally speaking, this audience is too smart for that. There's nothing that makes my accountant wife more angry than hearing about the "Bush tax cuts for the rich", because it's total BS.

As for the topic at hand, I would also state that people in America now feel entitled to the middle class, either via debt or public assistance. The day of working your ass off to make a better life for your family is gone. Those of us that do are now expected to support those that don't. The Constitution promises equity, right? Or was that the Communist Manifesto........