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“A phenomenal amount of wealth has been stolen from the middle class. “

The VAST MAJORITY of federal and State spending is on lazy, good for nothing low income and no income types for welfare to buy votes. Corporations had nothing to do with that theft.

No one makes you over spend for homes, cars, credit cards, fashion clothes, fast food and the like.

No one tells you to glue yourself to the boob tube and watch Survivor style soap operas instead of enriching your brain with knowledge to provide a better life for yourself.

No one forces you to vote for the likes of Obama, RINOs, and Democrats that simply tax you more and more to give to welfare recipients and corporate donors.

No one forces you to fail to save or invest money, spending every penny paycheck to paycheck.

Those are the primary bad decisions the middle class makes that keep them where they are. Those they do not do those things usually rise up and do better.

... The VAST MAJORITY of federal and State spending is on lazy, good for nothing low income and no income types for welfare to buy votes. Corporations had nothing to do with that theft....

While it's true that no one forces you to vote for the likes of Obama, RINOs, and Democrats that simply tax you more and more to give to welfare recipients and corporate donors, and no one forces you to fail to save or invest money, spending every penny paycheck to paycheck, and that the poor and foolish will always be with us:

* Corporations have benefited from cheap labor (illegal aliens, guest workers who pay no or partial taxes), and off shoring at the expense of working middle class taxpayers. Said corporations have passed on part of the cost of their cheap labor in the form of increased taxes, lower or stagnant salaries, dangers to our national security, decreased quality of life, and lower job opportunities. Illegal aliens, anchor babies and their extended families alone cost $1/4 - 1/3 trillion per year.

* Our voting choices are severely limited by the RINOS who control the republican party and dole out $$ and support. In other words RINOS have been supported by our 'holding our noses' and voting for whatever trash the RNC supports. If you believe McCain would be doing better than Obama, I have a bridge to sell you. McCain would do behind your back, what Obama does in your face.

* Many of those hurting today did everything right, but are suffering from the financial shenanigans of TBTF financial institutions. Their 401K's, and retirement savings are not being bailed out. Their salaries are stagnant or have declined.

* Small business is being strangled by regulations written by congress using consultants supplied by large international corporate campaign donors. This is crony capitalism / corporatism / fascism.

I'd continue but I'm having trouble keep the old anglo saxon part of my vocabulary under control