Reviving 2012 campaign themes and a partisan edge, President Obama argued that he has not forgotten what it’s like to be in the middle class, unlike Republicans in Congress. “They just don’t know what most folks are going through,” Obama told a group of supporters in a speech on the economy Friday. Obama’s remarks capped a two-day trip to the Twin Cities aimed at highlighting his connections to ordinary people. Obama shared what the White House billed as a “day in the life” with a young mother who had written to the president about her family’s economic trouble, although he spent less that an hour with Rebekeh Erler. Still, Obama said her story inspired him and reminded him of why he got into politics -- and why his economic proposals are better than the ideas Republicans advocate. Obama said Republicans “don’t do anything, except block me.” “I want to work with you,” he said, laughing. “But you gotta give me something. ... Anything! His broadside came only days days after Republicans have accused Obama of improperly taking executive action in policy areas in which Congress has failed to act. Referring to GOP plans to file a lawsuit asserting that Obama stepped outside his constitutional authority, he joked that he might have once challenged Republicans to “just sue me.” “I didn’t think they were going to take it literally,” he said. Obama spoke on the banks of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, with sailboats behind him, a well-off neighborhood that contrasted with his theme that, despite the improving economy, the middle class is still in need of a boost. “We’ve made some enormous strides but that’s not the end of the story. We have more work to do,” he said. Obama started his day at a job-training center, where he chatted briefly with young mothers taking a training course in customer service. He compared them to his mom, who was 18 when he was born.
I would have to agree with our President on this subject. But, I will go even further to say that a republican have no idea how the middle-class citizens even live because, many of them have always been upper class citizens. They have led privileged lives unlike their opposite fellow country man. Now, I am not saying it is their fault for being born to privilege. But, can someone who has no idea what it is like to live below the poverty level or even above it in the middle class with their daily struggles live tell them how they should carry about with their lives? My answer, no they cannot. Someome who was born with money can't tell someone without it how they might go about getting to a better life. Theirs was handed to them and, it should be someone who has made that journey and succeeded.
I read this article earlier today. I don't agree with the President on much but he is absolutely right about Republicans on this issue. The government is suppose to function to serve the people. They are not suppose to go to Washington and create conflict, division, and not do their jobs at all. All Republicans have been doing is disagreeing with the President without offering an alternative to a proposal. They find new scandals to dwell on and people to impeach. Right now they are determine to bring President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to their knees for pure enjoyment. This is not how I envision American government to be. Republicans attack the President as if he is a dictator. I don't understand it, but something must be done. If they can't go to Washington and do their jobs with dignity without all the corruption and bitter rhetoric, then step aside and let someone else fill your position.
Obama is trying to fire up his base and further incite class warfare. I have never in my lifetime seen a president get up in front of the whole country and deride the other party the way he does. And he's masterful at trying to get the Repubs to fight among themselves by blaming most everything upon the most conservative faction, in an effort to try to get the "moderates" on "his side". He is a socialist ideologue who himself is out of touch. Many Dems / liberals are filthy rich - some are even among the world's richest people. Many who are middle class identify more with the traditional Republican views of a limited government and free market capitalism that this country was built upon. Socialism and communism have never worked - just look at what has happened and is happening elsewhere. More government programs, regulations, taxes, and wealth redistribution are not the answers. The current economic environment is very business-unfriendly, and the socialist answer is to grow government ever bigger, tax the most productive people more and more, and incentivize more and more people to not bother looking for the jobs that are no longer there (because of the business-unfriendly political climate) and just let big brother take care of them. And anything big govt gives you, they can take away. Including freedom and property.
I completely agree, the government has forgotten why it exists, the purpose of the government is to serve its people by creating a stable, healthy environment in which they can prosper and grow. However, lately, the government has become the hand maiden of corporations who exist to do nothing but maximize their profits often at the expense of the little guy, the little guy being the average American. The government needs to take measures to limit lobbying so that corporation don't have so much say in what laws get passed and who benefits most from them.
It is true though, the middle class do struggle ,it is also a class that not many pay attention to ,becaus many people pay attention to upper and lower, the rich and the poor, so I do agree with Obama that the middle class has been forgotten on how they have their struggles.
But do you agree with his statement that only the Republicans have thrown the middle class aside, while the Liberals are free and clear on the issue? I agree with you, but I feel the middle class has been forgotten by everyone.
I don't think Republicans give a darn about anyone who is in the working class or middle class. I think they just want to have millions dollars more in their pockets. Republicans fighting each other more like them negotiating peace with one another.
