The Danger to the Middle Class

I'm thinking that somewhere in the late 60's or early 70's, the corporate rich, the people in high places, the really right wing folk at the top, decided they didn't like the middle class. As long as we did what we were told, and didn't overstep our place in life, we were fine, but when we started telling the pols what to do, and demanding that we actually be heard, they decided that they didn't want to share power.

In the 80's, with the help of Ronald Regan, the religious extremist on the right, lot's of fear and a very troubled Democratic party, the newly updated, even more corporate friendly Republican party started to give away the store.

They started by killing unions.
They continued by deregulating industry after industry.
They pushed so far to the right that many Republicans became Democrats by default.
They gave disproportionate power to religious fear and hate mongers.
They propped up their hate and fear machine with radio talk hosts who ooze venom.
And they squeezed the middle class as best they could.

When the Republicans lost the White House, they took control of the Congress and tried to make the eight years of the Democrats time in office as challenging as they could. They tied up the Administration with one attack after another, and finally had to make do with a blow job in the White House. Still, the Democrat in office left a trillion dollar surplus on exiting the job, and that was after the Republicans had run us into serious debt.

The job of the corporations got easier when they were able to take the Congress and the White House. The real push to sell out of the middle class began the day George W. Bush lied to the American people while taking the Oath of Office. He promised to protect the Constitution, when in fact, he was going to use it as toilet paper during his administration. George, Dick, and Co. sold us to their friends in oil, they let the banks run wild, they started a war and rewarded Dick's old pals with sweet contracts and the right to kill, maim and steal all they wanted.

Now they are facing a Democratic take over of the House, Senate, and Administration and they are still playing games. They want us to believe that the middle class isn't about to die a painful death. They want us to ignore the fact that the economy is in the toilet with the Constitution, and the Republicans put it there. The big spending, big government Republicans. The invasive, prying, hiding under your bed Republicans. The same Republicans that have created the biggest debt in our history, and a bloated government that beats anything any Democrat would ever try for.

I don't believe for a second that the Democrats are going to solve our problems without us putting boots to their asses, but at least with them, we stand a chance of putting off the train wreck a little longer, during which time, we will have a chance to try and diminish the damage, and perhaps start us on a path toward a healthy middle class once again.