“Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.” AmericaClassEconomyMiddleEconomicsDisasterShipsMiddle ClassSpellsRomney Author:Martin O'Malley
“I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for us to continue the economic momentum and job growth.” JobsGrowthClassEconomicMiddleEconomicsInvestmentBudgetsMiddle ClassMomentumPrudentJob Growth Author:Barack Obama
“Listen to the women. Women say exactly what they want. Who has concrete plans - not macroeconomics but kitchen table economics. Who will change the situation for their families, and help restore the middle class. Women are also sick to death of having their bodies and their lives treated as a political football.” WantHelpingBodyPoliticalSituationClassPlansMiddleFootballEconomicsSickTablesTreatedKitchenMiddle ClassConcreteMen WomenKitchen TableSo SickMacroeconomics Author:Celinda Lake
“People who know the economy is rigged in favor of big money, people who know that our middle class continues to decline and we have to go outside of establishment politics and economics, people who know that we need to reform a broken criminal justice system and we need comprehensive immigration reform.” PeopleKnowsNeedsBigsJusticeClassEconomyMiddleBrokenEconomicsCriminalsFavorsImmigrationReformMiddle ClassEstablishmentDeclineComprehensiveJustice SystemCriminal JusticeImmigration ReformCriminal Justice SystemRiggedPolitics And Economics Author:Bernie Sanders
“The Democrats have been there for working people in our country. That's who we are, trickle-down vs. middle-class economics. That's the major difference between the parties.” PeopleHas BeensCountryDifferencesPartyClassMiddleMajorsEconomicsDemocratOur CountryWho We AreMiddle ClassTrickle Down Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and the establishment media.” ClassMiddleMediaTrumpEconomicsSickTiredMiddle ClassEstablishment Author:Bernie Sanders
“This is a guy [Steven Lerner] who believes, for example, that Reaganomics or trickle-down economics means, "The rich got rich by stealing from the poor," or stealing from the middle class and making them poor via debt. He has worked with unions in Europe.” BelieveMeanGuyPoorClassRichMiddleExampleEuropeEconomicsUnionsDebtStealingMiddle ClassTrickle DownTrickle Down EconomicsReaganomics Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. I find them very irksome. Very difficult to like. They are privileged, but they don't want to talk about their privilege. It's difficult to find poetry amongst these people. Some sort of hidden spirit of beauty.” PeopleWantTogetherSpiritDifficultClassGroupsMiddleEconomicsIndiaPrivilegeRelateMiddle ClassPatrioticPrivileged Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.” CountryWisdomHandsGovernmentPoliticalWealthJusticePowerDemocracyEconomicWise WordsCapitalismEconomicsEntrepreneurMiddle ClassDemocracies HaveSocial ClassEconomic InequalityEconomic JusticeVoting And DemocracyMaterial WealthSocial InjusticeSocial DemocracyWealth InequalityEconomic EqualitySocial Inequality Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“What's happening is there's transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the wealthy. This comes about because of the monetary system that we have. When you inflate a currency or destroy a currency, the middle class gets wiped out, so the people who get to use the money first, which is created by the Federal Reserve System, benefit, so the money gravitates to the banks and to Wall Street. That's why you have more billionaires than ever before.” PeopleFirstsUseWealthPoorMoneyClassEconomyStreetsMiddleWallBenefitsHappeningsEconomicsMiddle ClassWealthyCurrencyReservesBillionaireTransfersMonetaryFederal ReserveMonetary System Author:Ron Paul
“Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.” PeopleIfsRunningAmericaYoungNationsWorkPoorClassPovertyEconomyDemocracyIssuesRightsRiskEconomicMiddleCenturyKeysCircumstancesSkillsDemandCreatingEconomicsWorkersBackgroundsCivil RightsMiddle ClassOur SocietyGaps21st CenturyPublic EducationFuture Of AmericaKnowledge Workers Author:Eli Broad
“The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on, these are, in a political and economic sense, the middle class. They are for the most part unorganised and unselfconscious.” PeopleMenKindPoliticalBusinessClassEconomicMiddleMen And WomenEconomicsMiddle ClassFarmersParliamentSalaryArtisansShopkeepers Author:Robert Menzies
“We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.” NeedsGrowsClassMiddlePolicyEconomicsMiddle ClassTop Down Author:Barack Obama