http://www.whitehouse.gov/strongmiddleclass/
This is simple, and doesn’t take a team of government hacks. 8 words will take care of it. Get out of my life and my pocket.
Just what working, middle-class families need.
What is outrageous about this is - Hussein thinks GOVERNMENT is the solution to ALL these problems.
This is just for his information - We could have “a strong middle class” if you’d STOP with your fear-mongering pressers daily and get OUT of people’s wallets and lives. Stop going on the news every 10 minutes to talk about how terrible everything is and CUT OUR TAXES.
Right now, all I want is for that p.o.s. Zero to give me my tax cut like he promised right up until election day.
Hey, that's a good one!
I’m not looking forward to this.
D.C. has done quite enough to us already.
“Working Class families” means UNION THUGS.....a union is coming to the office you sit in SOON.
Anyone notice that they are going to get opinions from everybody EXCEPT families. BOHICA!!
Deo vindice - NOW!
Oh look Ma! They DO care about us!
Joey the Hair wants our help in telling ‘em how we give ‘em more power over our lives so that they can further improve our lives!
Oh my, God bless ‘em!
Isn't this the only 'real' dollar pot of money they have not yet confiscated? And how do we know their stimulus package does not federalize retirement accounts?
I despise the way democrats break everyone down into classes.
Who the hell do they think they are?
The so called middle class are the people they expolit and tax.
Their real desire is to destroy the middle class.
Due the infinite wisdom of the American voter, the United States of America is about to be turned into a worker’s paradise.
“The Task Force is a major initiative targeted at raising the living standards of middle-class, working families in America.”
Why does the middle class need their living standards raised by the government?
Hmmmm ..?? I smell a RAT!
The only way tyranny prevails is when you can destroy the middle class.
How interesting that the dems/libs are always trying to put the focus on the middle class.
I see this task force as just another way to bring the middle class into the “dependent class” like poor people who are dependent on welfare.
Once that is accomplished .. tyranny will easily be established because the middle class will have joined the dependent class .. and the only class left will be the RULING CLASS .. and we all know the dems/libs plan to be the ruling class.
America .. we better wake up and stop these people or we will look like China in just a few years.
It is my belief that this administration is out to destroy the middle-class in this country...especially the White middle-class. They are not dependent enough on government and are to independent minded.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog_post/smc_your_comments/
THE BRIEFING ROOM THE BLOG
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Your comments
Hello, and Welcome to the Middle Class Task Force Blog. My name is Jared Bernstein, and I am the Executive Director of the task force and Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President.
Thank you all so much for the outpouring of ideas for the task force that we have seen since our launch last week. In just eleven days, we have received over 34,700 messages. Please keep these messages coming, as the strength of the taskforce comes from all working together to build a strong middle class. After reviewing thousands of messages, I have pulled some that reflect common themes Ive seen throughout the submissions.
First and foremost, many people like Ray from Stillwell, KS wrote in asking us to “Please define ‘middle class.’ Who is it?” Ray, that is a great question, and thanks for keeping us on point here at the taskforce. I think its important for us to use a broad definition of “middle class” that encompasses the various levels of middle class. The Census Bureau tells us that the median household incomethe income of the household smack in the middle of the income scaleis about $50,000, so thats certainly got to be considered a middle-class income. But a more comprehensive definition must go a lot further. My boss, the Vice President, often describes the “middle class” as any family that cant afford to miss more than two or three paychecks without financial difficulty. Given job market turmoil, thats an awfully timely way to think about the question. It used to be that the middle class was able to achieve the American dream of owning a decent home in a safe neighborhood with a good public school, having access to affordable health care, saving for college and retirement, and enjoying the occasional meal out, movie, and vacation. The problem is that many middle class families are no longer able to achieve this dream. The task force will focus on making the American dream accessible again to the middle class.
Syed from Fullerton, CA wrote “My idea relates to 21st century infrastructure building [H]ere in Los Angeles, we have a broken public transport system, clogged highways and it is only going to get worse. We need futuristic ideas to deal with this. I believe this will fall into 21st century infrastructure building and create jobs.”
Syed, I think thats a great idea. I agree that investing in infrastructure is a key part of creating jobs, supporting the middle class and growing our economy. The first step in all this is passing the Presidents Recovery Act. In it, over $100 billion dollars is dedicated to infrastructure projects — many of which are ready to go right now. Its the money we need to fix our roads, our bridges, our water systems — and meet our infrastructure needs we have for the future. In addition, in the year head, the Taskforce will be looking beyond the Presidents Recovery Act, for new and innovative ways to spur investment in infrastructure to ensure we have the operating systems we need for this 21st Century. But as John from Milwaukee, WI pointed out, “Not all jobs are good jobs. Many jobs created in the last 10 years have low wages with few benefits. Instead of rebuilding the middle class, these jobs have created a huge number of poor workers in our country.” Thats why John, the task force is going to focus on making sure that the jobs we develop here in America are good jobs, and by that I mean jobs with good benefits, strong wages, access to healthcare, paid sick days and allow for some control over ones schedule.
And of course, many other initiatives of the Obama administration are relevant here too, such as health care reform. To achieve broader coverage and lower costs is both essential public policy and would represent a real gain for middle-class families.
Folks also raised great points about many other issues including college affordability, tax credits, childcare and many other areas. Im going to continue to blog about those issues and others, and I hope this is just the beginning of a great conversation. Please continue to visit www.astrongmiddleclass.gov and share your ideas, thoughts and comments.