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In reply to the discussion: Listening to Hillary's speech today, where have we heard this before? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)rather than having some kind of mission of what she wants to do as President. Probably will think about the historical record too.
As for "champion of the middle class" I don't really doubt that, but, like most Democratic politicians, especially DLCers, the "middle class" means "those in the 80th-99th percentile".
Like that video I posted numerous times. In the 2007 primary she got all mad about the idea of raising the cap on social security taxes. She said it would be a "trillion dollar tax increase on the MIDDLE CLASS". It would be a tax increase on individuals making over $97,000 - to her, that was "middle class".
But Obama was pretty much just as bad. He wanted to keep most of the Bush tax cuts, because he didn't want to increase taxes on the middle class. And by middle class, he meant, just like Romney, "couples making less than $250,000 a year or individuals making less than $200,000".
Every time I hear a politician talk about the "middle class". I just think it is "trickle down lite."
It's more filling and it tastes terrible.