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kentuck

(116,098 posts) Thu Nov 13, 2014, 05:26 PM Nov 2014

Democrats speak for the "Middle Class" - who speaks for the "Poor"? [View all]

And we are told that more and more of the middle class are losing ground.

But who speaks for the 40 million people on food stamps? Who speaks for the 10-15 million people who are unemployed? Who speaks for the tens of thousands of homeless people who have nothing? Who speaks for the elderly who live on nothing more than their small Social Security stipend? Who speaks for the poor children that have dropped out of school and live in the shadows? Who speaks for the millions that work at jobs that pay minimum wage or less?

These are our poor. They dream of being in the "middle class". Is the Democratic Party ashamed to admit that we have these folks living amongst us? Do they not count anymore?

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Democrats speak for the "Middle Class" - who speaks for the "Poor"? [View all] kentuck Nov 2014 OP

many "poor" consider themselves to be "middle class" JI7 Nov 2014 #1

Most people haven't realized how far down the class ladder they've been shoved Warpy Nov 2014 #3

one poll from probably over 10 years ago that always stands out for me JI7 Nov 2014 #4

Can't disagree with anything you've said theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #7

maybe during Reagan administration where wealth is worshipped and people JI7 Nov 2014 #8

I think the floor on Inheritance Tax is now up to $5 million....for each sibling VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #27

Not for each sibling, but ... dawg Nov 2014 #42

NO it IS for each sibling...UNLESS YOU yourself are inheriting 5 million... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #45

I'm a financial professional who does estate planning. dawg Nov 2014 #46

I think that's very true theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #6

I stopped blaming myself years ago. Brigid Nov 2014 #18

Can you imagine what will happen when it dawns on a critical mass of people Warpy Nov 2014 #21

That is exactly why thay are.... bvar22 Nov 2014 #25

They Will Lash Out Randomly at Anyone Who Appears to be a Little Less Poor AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #40

"Middle class" was always working class. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #24

Not correct Warpy Nov 2014 #43

Really, there's only a couple paychecks difference. hollowdweller Nov 2014 #41

And yet still nobody speaks for them, only the comfortable, so at least YOU are considered Dragonfli Nov 2014 #14

Pretty much Johonny Nov 2014 #32

"Middle Class" now says lower... jtuck004 Nov 2014 #36

Word. daredtowork Nov 2014 #2

No one since RFK and LBJ hifiguy Nov 2014 #5

John Edwards, warts an all, campaigned on helping "The Poor" in 2008. bvar22 Nov 2014 #26

You are right and I am wrong. hifiguy Nov 2014 #28

You're right. bvar22 Nov 2014 #31

That so many Dems absolutely loved hifiguy Nov 2014 #47

I think Pope Francis is about it. 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #9

If he keeps that up hifiguy Nov 2014 #29

maybe the poor UglyGreed Nov 2014 #10

5.8% unemployment, and 48 months of positive job growth. NM_Birder Nov 2014 #11

They should have invested those penny rolls in the stock market! adirondacker Nov 2014 #13

I think the general reasoning is that the poor aren't able to take time off Maedhros Nov 2014 #12

That and of course they are not a source of campaign cash which Dragonfli Nov 2014 #17

We must also bear in mind that the middle class has all but been erased. Maedhros Nov 2014 #19

To the Democrats, the middle class doesn't even count anymore. Triana Nov 2014 #15

And the Clintons were "dead broke." blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #16

I think socialists would speak for the poor. Look at a socialist paradise such as Denmark which has Louisiana1976 Nov 2014 #20

The American avoidance of the term "working class" is bleakly amusing. (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #22

Kinda like when spoiled rich kids sing karaoke. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #34

Honestly ut oh Nov 2014 #23

The hell of it is the poor and middle class had an opportunity to speak for themselves and only Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #30

They also count the "middle class" as people who have a stock portfolio. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #33

Poverty Is an Institution it is NOT a "choice" mntleo2 Nov 2014 #35

If this is what you call speaking for us onecaliberal Nov 2014 #37

I think the first half of your OP title is being overly generous in some instances. nt NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #38

Clinton eradicated poverty with NAFTA and Welfare "Reform". Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #39

The Socialist Workers Party, I suppose. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #44