The Republicans Opening for the Middle Class

The Provocateur ^ | 08/03/2009 | Mike Volpe

[fiscon1]

Especially in the last four years, though throughout his presidency, the Democrats effectively painted the Bush presidency as in bed with fat cats at the expense of the middle class. How often did we hear the mantra of "tax cuts for the rich"? How often did we hear the Democrats bemoan the "skyrocketing costs of health care" under Bush? How often did we hear about "stagnating wages for the middle class"? Even though the economy was largely booming up until his last year of his presidency, the Democrats were still able to paint the Bush administration as anti middle class and pro fat cats.

[Notary Sojac]

I tend to agree with this, but only those Republicans who voted against TARP in 2008 (chapter 1 of Obamanomics) would be on the moral high ground here.

[MCH]

Even though the economy was largely booming up until his last year of his presidency the Democrats took control of Congress.

There - fixed.

[Secret Agent Man]

I think the best angle the conservative repubs (no fakes, no RINOs) can go at this is like this:

“We know the majority of people in America are in the middle class. We want to see more people on the lower end of the spectrum be able to make it to the middle class, and we want those already there, to continue on their own personal goals and progress as far as they want to go. America needs a strong middle class. We believe Obamacare is a fatal prescription for the middle class. The quickest way to destroy the middle class is to push socialized national health care through as it’s been proposed. Why? Because the very people who are the architects of this government health plan admit it will ultimately turn into government-only, socialized healthcare. And this has been a disaster wherever it’s been tried; quality of care goes down, costs go up, rationing increases. That’s the unintended but very real consequences of socialized medicine. And that’s where the plan’s leaders - Obama, Pelosi, Frank - all want us to go, single-payer, government-run healthcare.

A “yes” for this is a “no” for the middle class. America cannot afford to lose the middle class. Because otherwise the only thing that will be left, is a very small upper class, and an extremely large lower class. And that is what socialism does to society. A very small Inner Party of elites, and the proletariat (workers). And that is NOT an America I nor our Founding Fathers wanted to live in.