Why the Democratic Party Abandoned the Middle Class in Favor of the Rich

[Rated R Superstar]

Wall Street is back to earning record profits, and conservatives are triumphant. To understand why this happened, it's not enough to examine polls and tea parties and the makeup of Barack Obama's economic team.

You have to understand how we fell so short, and what we rightfully should have expected from Obama's election. And you have to understand two crucial things about American politics.

Income inequality has grown dramatically since the mid-'70s—far more in the US than in most advanced countries—and the gap is only partly related to college grads outperforming high-school grads.

Second, American politicians don't care much about voters with moderate incomes. Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels studied the voting behavior of US senators in the early '90s and discovered that they respond far more to the desires of high-income groups than to anyone else.

Bartels found that Democratic senators don't respond to the desires of these voters, either. At all.

Democrats largely stopped working for the the middle class in the '70s, leaving the interests of corporations and the wealthy nearly unopposed.

Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson argue in one of last year's most important books, Winner-Take-All Politics, because politicians don't respond to the concerns of voters, they respond to the organized muscle of institutions that represent them. With labor in decline, both parties now respond strongly to the interests of the rich

http://www.alternet.org/rights/1511...iddle_class_in_favor_of_the_rich/?page=entire

 

[CEE DOG]

Any fool who believes or think that America cares more about the poor than the rich is stupid. Stop fooling yourself okay. In this country there is no such thing as three classes. Either you are rich or poor. If you work for someone else you know where you fall. America will never be in love with the black race. We must demand what we need and what we want for ourselves and our kids.

 

[Brave]

^^^
cosign

 

[PVSAX99]

It's a reason why they call this place, the "Land of Opportunity".

~Goes to listen to Bob Marley~

 

[SUtrp96]

I swear some of you on here say what ever that fits the moment. smdh

 

[jsupop33]

In most countries, such policies would lead to a revolt by the lower class. However, we have the myth/concept of the American Dream to keep people in their place.

 

[Makaho 2.0]

I swear some of you on here say what ever that fits the moment. smdh

Now why would you expect them to bypass Borg protocol and actually analyze the article Rated R posted? They honed in on a few key words like Rich, Poor, Middle Class, Democrat, and Republican and then pulled a cookie cutter response as per Borg directive. They are simply doing what they are programmed to do.

 

[SUtrp96]

Now why would you expect them to bypass Borg protocol and actually analyze the article Rated R posted? They honed in on a few key words like Rich, Poor, Middle Class, Democrat, and Republican and then pulled a cookie cutter response as per Borg directive. They are simply doing what they are programmed to do.

lol...I keep forgetting that...

Sad thing is, they don't know how much that programmed behavior is holding us all back.. wish we could send them all where ever Hitler is so they can be happy..smh

 

[CEE DOG]

Now why would you expect them to bypass Borg protocol and actually analyze the article Rated R posted? They honed in on a few key words like Rich, Poor, Middle Class, Democrat, and Republican and then pulled a cookie cutter response as per Borg directive. They are simply doing what they are programmed to do.

This coming from someone who thinks a white man calling a black man a monkey in a picture is innocent.

 

[Makaho 2.0]

This coming from someone who thinks a white man calling a black man a monkey in a picture is innocent.

Your buffoonery has been highlighted too many times to count in this forum. The fact that you simply cannot grasp that both Bush and Obama were depicted as monkeys shows your inability to grasp certain concepts like sarcasm. Obama's parents...one whom is WHITE was depicted as a monkey as well......not Obama himself. Bush, however has been depicted directly as a monkey. Has your ape-driven narcissism completely stripped you of the ability to evaluate even the most basic of concepts?

I bet you flunked blocks and clay in kindergarten.

 

[Dr. Phreeze]

Your buffoonery has been highlighted too many times to count in this forum. The fact that you simply cannot grasp that both Bush and Obama were depicted as monkeys shows your inability to grasp certain concepts like sarcasm. Obama's parents...one whom is WHITE was depicted as a monkey as well......not Obama himself. Bush, however has been depicted directly as a monkey. Has your ape-driven narcissism completely stripped you of the ability to evaluate even the most basic of concepts?

I bet you flunked blocks and clay in kindergarten.

Dizzzzaammmm....

 

[Kendrick]

Dizzzzaammmm....

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Obama Administration Has No Use for WPA-Type Programs that Would Help Poor and Unemployed

David Dayen catches Jared Bernstein, former chief economist for Vice President Joe Biden, making an astonishing admission:

There will be no WPA-type programs in our near future. There was no appetite for them in the Obama admin in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression and there's a lot less now. The reasons for that are interesting and I'll speak to them another day. But it ain't happening.

It's astonishing not because it's a surprise that the Obama administration has no interest in, as Paul Krugman suggests, instituting "WPA-type programs putting the unemployed to work doing useful things like repairing roads, which would also, by raising incomes, make it easier for households to pay down debt"—nothing could be less surprising than Obama's disinterest in progressive economic policy—but because it's astonishing to see a former administration official confirm that lack of disinterest so bluntly.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandview..._programs_that_would_help_poor_and_unemployed

 

[CEE DOG]

You said all that to prove you are a sell out? You black repubs are so soft. It is amazing how when one challenges your view, you result to name calling, yet when one calls you a name you get defensive. Shows who the real buffoon is don't ape man

Your buffoonery has been highlighted too many times to count in this forum. The fact that you simply cannot grasp that both Bush and Obama were depicted as monkeys shows your inability to grasp certain concepts like sarcasm. Obama's parents...one whom is WHITE was depicted as a monkey as well......not Obama himself. Bush, however has been depicted directly as a monkey. Has your ape-driven narcissism completely stripped you of the ability to evaluate even the most basic of concepts?

I bet you flunked blocks and clay in kindergarten.

 

[SUtrp96]

Your buffoonery has been highlighted too many times to count in this forum. The fact that you simply cannot grasp that both Bush and Obama were depicted as monkeys shows your inability to grasp certain concepts like sarcasm. Obama's parents...one whom is WHITE was depicted as a monkey as well......not Obama himself. Bush, however has been depicted directly as a monkey. Has your ape-driven narcissism completely stripped you of the ability to evaluate even the most basic of concepts?

I bet you flunked blocks and clay in kindergarten.

lmao

 

[SUtrp96]

You said all that to prove you are a sell out? You black repubs are so soft. It is amazing how when one challenges your view, you result to name calling, yet when one calls you a name you get defensive. Shows who the real buffoon is don't ape man

Ummm Cee?!!? When have ANY dem on here challenged someone that disagreed with "valid political" points with other legit political points.. all you and them other "thread hi-jackers" do is post sarcasm, jokes and "try" to belittle others that actually have a mind of their own and actuall research and read for themselves... and not just watch MSNBC and CNN....

 

[Makaho 2.0]

You said all that to prove you are a sell out? You black repubs are so soft. It is amazing how when one challenges your view, you result to name calling, yet when one calls you a name you get defensive. Shows who the real buffoon is don't ape man

Cee, your inordinate wealth of ignorance is simply astounding. No one even singled you out, yet you were the first to render some lame ass retort like a starving Pavlovian dog deprived of food. I really don't know why you continue to travel the path of ignorance. It probably has something to do with a confluence of your inability to read and comprehend and the inability of your various stepfathers to show you any affection.

I rescind what I said earlier, you never made it to blocks or clay in kindergarten. You apparently were stuck on subjects like toilet training and eating things that were not food.

 

[Kendrick]

Cee, your inordinate wealth of ignorance is simply astounding. No one even singled you out, yet you were the first to render some lame ass retort like a starving Pavlovian dog deprived of food. I really don't know why you continue to travel the path of ignorance. It probably has something to do with a confluence of your inability to read and comprehend and the inability of your various stepfathers to show you any affection.

I rescind what I said earlier, you never made it to blocks or clay in kindergarten. You apparently were stuck on subjects like toilet training and eating things that were not food.

Man, that was...harsh.

 

[Makaho 2.0]

Man, that was...harsh.

Yet warranted. The Buffoon didn't even realize that he commented on a statement that didn't even mention him by name. Yet called names and then cried foul for someone calling names. Either he is Bi-Polar, has a very short attention span, or is a complete imbecile. I'm betting on all three. It's true that God looks out for children and fools, because he is both.

 

[CEE DOG]

Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words from a black republican will never bother me. You and your fancy words. :shame:

Cee, your inordinate wealth of ignorance is simply astounding. No one even singled you out, yet you were the first to render some lame ass retort like a starving Pavlovian dog deprived of food. I really don't know why you continue to travel the path of ignorance. It probably has something to do with a confluence of your inability to read and comprehend and the inability of your various stepfathers to show you any affection.

I rescind what I said earlier, you never made it to blocks or clay in kindergarten. You apparently were stuck on subjects like toilet training and eating things that were not food.

 

[PVSAX99]

I thought it was always true that politicians always looked out for the rich. Like EVERYBODY else, they are gonna go to where the money is. So, IMO, to say that the Middle Class was "abandoned" is inaccurate. I don't think either party had the best interest of the majority at heart. They will say anything to get a vote.

 

[CEE DOG]

Man, that was...harsh.

Seriously, do you think the words from these idiots on the page bother me. :lol: It shows I have mind control over them. They live to scold me with every chance they get. :emlaugh: Simple minded folks are bothered by what ever i say. I always win son. Always...................... I am the best. That is what I do. For yall to be so intelligent, you go out of your way to show me. Hmmmmmmmmm, maybe you aren't as smart as you think you are........ :emlaugh: :happydance: :happydance:

 

[SUtrp96]

Cee, your inordinate wealth of ignorance is simply astounding. No one even singled you out, yet you were the first to render some lame ass retort like a starving Pavlovian dog deprived of food. I really don't know why you continue to travel the path of ignorance. It probably has something to do with a confluence of your inability to read and comprehend and the inability of your various stepfathers to show you any affection.

I rescind what I said earlier, you never made it to blocks or clay in kindergarten. You apparently were stuck on subjects like toilet training and eating things that were not food.

:lmao:

 

[Makaho 2.0]

Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words from a black republican will never bother me. You and your fancy words. :shame:

Sticks and stones will break your bones
Words in this thread, just bust your head
Again you getting verbally outlined in chalk
Stay yo lame ass over in the forum small talk

 

[CEE DOG]

Sticks and stones will break your bones
Words in this thread, just bust your head
Again you getting verbally outlined in chalk
Stay yo lame ass over in the forum small talk

Dude, look at your blood pressure it is up. You go out of you way to insult me. Therefore I control your little weak mind. See in your warped and little pea brain you impress folks like you. I make you think, I make you respond to me. I control you thoughts. Bow down. I am the controller...... I can say Joe blow and you pressure goes up. Mind control. Mind control. :tup: It makes you feel good to insult me don't it? Yeah look at you. The joy of the mind controller.