Don't mourn, mobilize: middle-class voters grasp that Bush is not representing their interests. But they don't act on that perception. They might--but it's up to Democrats to motivate them.(War On The Middle Class)
American Prospect, The, May, 2004 by Teixeira, Ruy
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IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO BE MIDDLE class. As a result of the Bush administration's relentless tax-cutting agenda--designed to limit the ability of government to deliver services--the lives of middle-class Americans are becoming more difficult and less secure, in areas from health care to pensions to public schools. But, in the immortal words of Bob Dole, "Where's the outrage?" Why have these attacks not provoked a greater political reaction? And what chance is there for a progressive middleclass response to these attacks in the future?
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