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Why do u.s. politicians obsess over helping the middle class? (hexbear.net)
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Sorry for this question. I am still learning.

Something that has always bothered me is how much u.s. politicians obsess over helping the middle class. Seems like the two major parties talk about it a lot. Why do they endlessly talk about helping the middle class, but never seem to acknowledge or focus on helping the (lower?) or poverty or proletariat class?

To me it sounds like the middle class by definition should be not be as in need as other classes that don't have as much? What's the purpose of this?

Edit: Thanks for all your responses. :)

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[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 8 points 7 hours ago

Case in point to what everyone else is saying.

I carpooled at a previous job with two people.

One of them was from a stable established family that owned a nice house swimming pool, land, vehicles, and equipment, and he could have inherited the successful family business with government contracts on the order of a million dollars if he wanted to, in addition to the extensive stock portfolio he'd been set up with. The other was raised by a single mom in a trailer as 1 of 6 children, and never had so much as a career path.

Both of these guys adamantly claimed that they were middle class- the first because he was making about the median income for the area, the second because he and his ex had once had a combined income of over $100,000.