In 2012
49 Million in Poverty – Many were in the Middle Class
13.1 Million Unemployed - Many were in the Middle Class
46 Million on Food Stamps - Many were in the Middle Class
$1 Trillion in Student Loan Debt - Many are in the Middle Class
53 Million Don’t Have Health Insurance - Many are in the Middle Class
5 Million Homeowners Face Foreclosure Today – Most are in the Middle Class
Over 50,000 Factories Closed in the US in Past Decade – Taking With Them
Millions of Middle Class Jobs
America's Corporate Elite Do Not Care
About your American Dream
And They are Paying Congress
to Not Care Either
It’s nothing personal. It’s just business.
If you feel that the American Dream today is rigged against you, you're absolutely right. And you have no further to look to see the results than the money that is thrown at Congressional politicians to create loopholes in our US Tax Code. Transnational Corporate Elites have lobbied/paid Congress to give them tax breaks and other financial advantages over everyone else and now they basically own our government and have irrevocably corrupted many of our Congressional politicians. If you hear a politician repeat the lie that the rich are the "job creators" you can be sure that is a politician in the pocket of America's Corporate Elite. (see Who are the Job Creators?)
It's true that the Corporate Elite have the money and we'll never be able to fight them in a dollar for dollar contest and they know this. But we have something that they need more than money and that's our VOTES. Unfortunately, many Americans believe the ideological myths of one political party or the other (Republicans are strong on defense and for small government and Democrats are for worker's rights and entitlement programs). They vote for these myths rather than the reality that their particular representatives, regardless of party, may be more interested in their campaign contributors than our citizens, particularly the Middle Class. (see Who is the Middle Class?)
The result is voters in the Middle Class routinely vote against their own best fiscal interests in every election. The reality is – Corporate interests have occupied Washington for decades and now there are about 24 lobbyists to each Congressional legislator. The Middle Class Political Accountability Research Center wants to change that.
To be successful, a democracy must be a restraint on greed and the dark side of human nature. It can't be a proponent of greed and facilitate it at the expense of the Middle Class. Because of the extraordinary influence that Wall Street bankers wield over Congress, we're in the throes of finding out if our American democracy will continue to be successful.