tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877622.post3732375006249156406..comments2023-12-21T12:01:02.860-06:00Comments on Water Blogged in Waukesha: So much talk of "Midddle Class". So little agreement on a definition.Jim Boumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17211745461377043118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877622.post-28372067173137166862012-08-06T17:30:35.070-05:002012-08-06T17:30:35.070-05:00There is no agreement because talk of a "midd...There is no agreement because talk of a "middle class" is largely used to deflect and obscure.<br /><br />When the media talks about the middle class, they have divided us -- when we accept that framing, we have divided ourselves.<br /><br />As the middle class shrinks, we see people trot out different definitions to suit their talking points -- but current economic terrorism isn't really about the middle class.<br /><br />IT IS ABOUT SWELLING THE RANKS OF THOSE IN POVERTY!<br /><br />This nation has never had an honest dialog about this -- the "War on Poverty" is not only an oximoron, but was a total FAIL!<br /><br />Endless spending on the military-industrial-media complex does more than prop up balance sheets and profits -- Yes, you read that right, the MEDIA is part of this evil multi-national merchants of death -- NBC is owned by major player in MIC and the other 4 multinational corp that own virtually all mainstream media are also tied to MIC<br /><br />In any case -- falling out of the middle class means ending up in POVERTY and the media, politicians, and many American's won't go there...<br /><br />So we have shifting definitions of the "middle class" so that we don't talk about what it means to NOT be part of that dwindling group.Voices Newspaper Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271739024225517437noreply@blogger.com