[Hattie]

Pocahontas for the middle class???

[dhs12345]

That is the biggest lie of all times — their plan to punish Americans for global warming by instituting a carbon tax will destroy the middle class.

[USNBandit]

The irony is that democratic policies are destroying the middle class. The unique qualities of the middle class used to mean owning a house, a lifestyle with some margin of financial freedom, providing a better life for your children than what you had as a child.

Every liberal program program sold on the idea of protecting the middle class has actually done the opposite, due to the left's complete misunderstanding of economics. They have never understood how the margins control prices, and America is paying the price. Stagnant wages influenced by skyrocketing healthcare costs and cheap illegal labor. A housing bubble caused by forcing banks to lend to more unqualified buyers leading to higher demand and higher prices. The (un)Affordable Care Act, driving up insurance costs. 2 decades of skyrocketing prices for college educations so that people like the Senator can live like royalty and think big thoughts.

The only program I can think of that has helped the middle class in the last 50 years has been the GI Bill.