Why the Middle Class is Losing Ground

Because apparently, those who are talking about the middle class have no fucking clue what it actually means. See the article from Jonathan Schwarz on www.TomPaine.com.

Rick Santorum's and Joe Lieberman; what hard working salt of the earth types, no? Joe's response to being told that the working class is being forgotten:

"I came out of the middle class," he said, "and, being a senator, I haven’t gone much beyond the middle class."

Ummm, yeah, Joe and his wife (not counting assets) in 2005

together made $366,084. This places them securely in the top 1 percent of U.S. households.

And Rick, ewwww, Santorum (thanks Savage Love) says:

"We live paycheck to paycheck, absolutely,'' he says. Does he have money set aside for college? ''No. None. I always tell my kids: 'Work hard. We'll take out loans. Whatever.'"

His parents even contribute now and again to his measly salary of $162,100. Poor guy!! Let's help him out and have a fundraiser for the struggling middle class politicians shall we?