“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?” PeopleKnowsPlayJobsPoliticalSufferingGamesCan DoClassEconomyTeacherMiddleRight NowWeakWorkersMiddle ClassPocketsConstructionVeteranCan Do SomethingConstruction WorkersPolitical Games Author:David Plouffe
“Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.” WarAmericaPoliticalLeaderMoralClassStreetsMiddlePolicyWallGreedCorporateMiddle ClassDestroyingElsewhereBillionaireCorporate Greed Author:Bernie Sanders
“The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.” PoliticalCommunityPerfectClassSocietyMiddlePhilosophicalMiddle ClassMiddle Class Life Author:Aristotle
“What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes a Terrorist lacks a question mark. That's because Krueger, marshaling persuasive statistics and analysis, comes down firmly on the side of politics, noting most terrorists are middle-class and well-educated.” WellsMadePoliticalSidesClassStudyEconomicMiddleMarkTerroristEducatedAnalysisMiddle ClassStatisticsDriversEconomistPersuasiveWell EducatedPrincetonQuestion Mark Author:Thomas P.M. Barnett
“I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.” IfsThinkingWellsBigsPoliticalFightingProcessInterestUnitedResultsClassEconomyDoubtMiddleCitizensRepublicanPreparedClintonCandidatesMiddle ClassCitizens United Author:Lindsey Graham
“In the middle-class United States, a veneer of "alternative lifestyles" disguises the reality that, here as everywhere, women's apparent "choices" whether or not to have children are still dependent on the far from neutral will of male legislators, jurists, a male medical and pharmaceutical profession, well-financed lobbies, including the prelates of the Catholic Church, and the political reality that women do not as yet have self-determination over our bodies and still live mostly in ignorance of our authentic physicality, our possible choices, our eroticism itself.” WellsChildrenStillsSelfStatesBodyRealityPoliticalChoicesChurchUnitedClassUnited StatesMiddleIgnoranceDeterminationCatholicMalesIncludingProfessionMedicalLifestyleAlternativesAbortionDependentMiddle ClassSelf DeterminationDisguiseCatholic ChurchLegislatorsPhysicalityPharmaceuticalVeneerJurists Author:Adrienne Rich
“The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against our own best interests.” Has BeensPoliticalPoliticsInterestPartyClassMiddleGeniusRepublicanVoteMiddle ClassPolitical Parties Author:Patricia Schroeder
“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