“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.” HardAbleEnjoyClassMiddleHard WorkPromiseLaborLifetimeFruitSecureMiddle ClassRetiringMedicare Author:Al Franken
“My mom was a pretty hard worker. She worked her ass off, but I'd say we were middle class. I had a car in high school, so I loved the idea that I could mimic this lifestyle.” IdeasHardSchoolClassMiddleCarHard WorkMomHigh SchoolWorkersMy MomLifestyleAssMiddle ClassHard Worker Author:Reggie Watts
“In real life I'm not the character I play in my films. I'm reasonably competent, I work very hard, I'm disciplined, I lead a very middle class life. I work in the mornings, I have lunch, I practise my clarinet, I go to the movies, I eat out in restaurants or watch ball games on television or at the ball games.” RealHardPlayCharacterFilmGamesClassWatchesMorningMiddleTelevisionBallsReal LifeRestaurantsMiddle ClassLunchCompetentPractiseBall GamesClarinetMiddle Class Life Author:Woody Allen
“It would be hard to find a single example in history in which a group that cast more than 50 percent of the vote got away with calling itself the victim... Women are the only 'oppressed' group to share the same parents as the 'oppressor'; to be born into the middle class and upper class as frequently as the 'oppressor'; to own more of the culture's luxury items than the 'oppressor'.” HardWould BeCultureParentBornClassGroupsShareMiddleExampleCallingPercentVoteVictimCastsLuxuryMiddle ClassOppressedItemsOppressorsUpper ClassLuxury Items Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsHardCareAmericaOpportunityStrongNationsVisionClassEconomyGrowingMiddleHard WorkDiversityToleranceMiddle ClassContinuingIndispensableHistoricTolerance And Respect Author:Barack Obama
“We have a lot of problems in this country. It's going to put pressure on the budget and we're going to have to make some hard decisions. But the decisions we make are to prioritize the middle class.” CountryHardProblemDecisionClassMiddlePressureBudgetsMiddle ClassPrioritizeDecisions We MakeHard Decision Author:David B. Axelrod
“The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America's middle class. Sure, the rich are doing great. Giant corporations are doing great. Lobbyists are doing great. But we need an economy where everyone else who works hard gets a shot at doing great!” NeedsYearsHardAmericaClassEconomyRichMiddleHard WorkShotsExperimentsCorporationsGiantsMiddle ClassLobbyistsTrickle Down Author:Elizabeth Warren