rightwinger
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For working class families with 3 kids, the American dream has become the American nightmare. It takes two jobs and sometimes three just to keep your head above water. Savings are a joke. Vacations are either spent at home or with relatives. When it comes to college, the kids are on their own. A part time job doesn't even put a dent in college costs. As union jobs have dried up so has retirement plans. For most working class people, the golden years are working in a low paying jobs until you die.
The Republican solution to our financial problems is to cut taxes on the wealthy so they will have incentives to invest more in America to produce more jobs. However, more and more of those investment dollars are building plants and creating jobs overseas. Republicans would solve that problem by reducing or abolishing the minimum wage and union influence in order to drive low earners wages down to provide a source of cheap American labor.
We tried that and ended up shifting wealth from the middle class to the wealthiest Americans.
The working class wants some basic things out of life
- To raise a family in relative comfort
- A modest Home
- A chance for their children to be educated
- Quality time to spend with their family
In the last 30 years, the Middle class is more educated and has worked harder yet has less to show for their efforts. The American Dream is deteriorating