"Perhaps some very few of the more literate of them are starting to go to sleep at night with visions of torchlight and pitchforks and guillotines dancing in their heads."
Don't all revolutions start with the so-called middle class?
With the weights of educating their young, overtaxation, paying for health care and planning for retirement almost laughable. The stage is set for problems to develop. Just look at that fella out there in Vermont. The "G" is going to have to be careful...remember Ruby Ridge and Waco?
Some revolutions started with the middle class, but it was not the faux middle class democrats created here. It was the middle class of the bourgeoisie merchants, artisans and traders. The labor unions created a class of overpaid workers and called them the middle class. However, they do not want their children to follow in their footsteps. The American middle class was made up of freeholders and sole proprietors. Go to Williamburg and you will see no union halls.